Category: Press Releases

August 2, 2022

• 2022

Phison’s X1 is a Customizable SSD Platform Delivering a Best-In-Class Performance, Lowest Power Consumption and Increased Storage Density for Data Centers

San Jose, Calif. August 2, 2022 – Phison Electronics Corp. (TPEX: 8299), a global leader in NAND flash controller and storage solutions, today announced the launch of its X1 controller based solid state drive (SSD) platform that delivers the industry’s most advanced enterprise SSD solution. Engineered with Phison’s technology to meet the evolving demands of faster and smarter global data-center infrastructures, the X1 SSD platform was designed in partnership with Seagate^® Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ: STX), a world leader in mass-data storage infrastructure solutions. 

The X1 SSD customizable platform offers more computing with less energy consumption. With a cost-effective solution that eliminates bottlenecks and improves quality of service, the X1 offers more than a 30 percent increase in data reads than existing market competitors for the same power used. 

“We combined Seagate’s proprietary data management and customer integration capabilities with Phison’s cutting-edge technology to create highly customized SSDs that meet the ever-evolving needs of the enterprise storage market,” said Sai Varanasi, senior vice president of product and business marketing at Seagate Technology. “Seagate is excited to partner with Phison on developing advanced SSD technology to provide the industry with increased density, higher performance and power efficiency for all mass capacity storage providers.” 

The X1 SSD’s comprehensive set of enterprise application for HPC, AI and hyperscale include: 

• High-performance computing (HPC): X1 SSD delivers more computing with less energy consumption and significantly provides a cost-effective platform that eliminates bottlenecks.
• Disruptive artificial intelligence (AI): X1 SSD has empowered a new generation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to provide insights and produce data that can be leveraged to research adaptive models in a variety of important industries including healthcare, education, science and more.
• Hyperscale performance for data centers: With a best-in-class performance, X1 SSD is designed to take on enterprise workloads and is equipped with high durability to move enterprise data for the long haul.

“Current industry solutions miss the mark and the X1 reinforces Phison’s commitment to elevate the bar in enterprise storage by delivering the world’s best-in-class enterprise SSD,” said Sebastien Jean, Chief Technology Officer of Phison. “Coupled with Seagate’s deep industry knowledge and Phison’s advanced architecture, the X1 SSD was created to bolster the industry’s enterprise-class product offerings for a variety of applications such as AI, Cloud Storage and 5G edge computing.”

For more information on the X1, please visit www.phison.com/solutions/enterprise/pcie/x1-ssd

Phison’s ecosystem partners and customers can access more information on the X1 by visiting: www.phison.com/solutions/enterprise/pcie/x1-partner

Category: Press Releases

June 8, 2022

• 2022

SSD Solutions Enable Boot Drive Performance Upgrade for Millions of Installed Base PCIe Gen3 Workstations, Servers, and the Newest PCIe Gen 4.0 Motherboard Chipsets

San Jose, Calif. June 7, 2022 – Phison Electronics Corp. (TPEX: 8299), a global leader in NAND flash controller and storage solutions, today unveiled two new PCIe Gen4x4 Enterprise Class SSDs: the EPR3750 in M.2 2280 form factor and the EPR3760 in M.2 22110 form factor.

Phison Announces Customizable PCIe Gen4x4 Enterprise SSDs in M.2 2280 and 22110 Form Factors Powered by E18DC PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe Controller https://www.phison.com/zh-tw/solutions/enterprise/pcie/e18dc

The EPR3750 and EPR3760 SSDs are backward compatible in PCIe Gen3 M.2 slots at even faster speeds while offering significant performance enhancements when matched with PCIe Gen4 chipsets. Also, the EPR3750 and EPR3760 SSDs provide a faster quality of service (QoS) command execution with Enterprise SSD firmware. Workstation and Server boot applications require consistent and predictable performance from storage. Phison’s new SSDs are ideal to use as boot drives in workstations, servers, and in Network Attached Storage (NAS) and RAID environments.

Key features of the EPR3750 and EPR3760 SSDs include:

• Controller - Phison’s award winning E18 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe Controller for Data Center applications, the E18DC.
• Customizable and faster – Similar to all of our SSD product offerings, Phison customizes the EPR3750 and EPR3760 SSDs with our customers’ brand name and logo on the drive and we also make unique firmware changes to optimize the drive’s performance and power consumption for a range of applications. The EPR3750 and EPR3760 SSDs feature significant performance enhancements when matched with PCIe Gen4 chipsets.  The EPR3750 performance specifications in PCIe Gen3 and PCIe Gen4 modes are shown below. 

               *Note:  the EPR3750 1.92TB model was used to generate the performance numbers above

• Faster quality of service (QoS) – The EPR3750 and EPR3760 SSDs provide a faster QoS command execution with Enterprise SSD firmware that responds quickly to the host PC even while the SSD is attending to background operations.
• Longer term product supply – As the new E1.S form factor becomes more popular for Enterprise SSDs, other SSD manufacturers may shift their engineering resources away from developing the M.2 form factor, leading to a decline in the number of SSD manufacturers for the 2280 and 22110 products. The EPR3750 and EPR3760 demonstrate Phison’s commitment to its valued customers by enhancing the M.2 2280 and 221110 form factors with the newest controller and NAND technologies.

“The installed base for PCIe Gen3 M.2 2280 and 22110 slots measures in the tens of millions of units. Phison’s commitment to supply Enterprise class PCIe Gen4 SSDs in this form factor that are backward compatible in PCIe Gen3 slots will be valued by many end customers and businesses that need a reliable source of supply to upgrade their PCIe Gen3 Enterprise SSDs to Gen4,” said Don Jeanette, Vice President SSD Research for Trendfocus.

“Phison works closely with our valued partners and flash storage brands to customize the EPR3750 and EPR3760 SSDs, powered by Phison’s PCIe Gen4 E18DC controller, with features to equip their customers with advantages that will meet their demanding applications,” said Michael Wu, Phison U.S. President and General Manager. “Through our customizable SSD platforms that define advantages unique to each customer, our partners are able to scale their own successful businesses with their own brand.”

Availability: the EPR3750 SSD is shipping to customers as of May 2022, and the EPR3760 SSD will be shipping in the second half of 2022.

Category: Press Releases

May 23, 2022

• 2022

 Ecosystem collaboration between partners unveiled for PCIe Gen5 to shape technology and compute experience for the future in an always-connected world.

Taipei, Taiwan, May 23, 2022 – Phison Electronics Corp. (TPEX: 8299), a leading provider of NAND controller and flash storage solutions, announced today a strategic collaboration (video link: https://youtu.be/7RIzDxoxVFE )  with AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) and Micron (NASDAQ: MU) to build a cooperative PCIe Gen5 ecosystem of compatible products that elevate the gaming and creator experience. Phison’s role includes delivering a class-leading PCie Gen5 SSD controller – PS5026-E26 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy6ddjEymd0 )– that features nearly a 2x performance increase over the previous generation flagship while adhering to the same power limitations of the M.2 form factor. 

“We are pleased to announce our cooperative effort with Micron and AMD to advance the technological development of PCIe Gen5 storage offerings, as this validates Phison’s commitment to upholding customer-centric values,” said Leo Huang, Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Phison. “The E26 controller enables gamers to compete at the highest level and helps content creators to maximize the overall system performance to increase productivity.” 

The need for high-speed storage has increased with the popularity of 5G Wireless availability worldwide. Global markets including desktop PC, notebooks, gaming consoles, cloud servers and even mobile devices will benefit from increased data transfer rates and the bandwidth available for multitask purposes. The ecosystem consisting of AMD’s AM5 platform, Phison’s PS5026-E26 controller, Micron’s DDR5 DRAM and Replacement Gate 3D NAND allow for platform acceleration across the entire system to meet the requirements for today’s always-connected lifestyle.  

“Micron’s collaboration with AMD and Phison is targeted to deliver the industry’s most powerful storage offering and high-performance computing experience available to consumers,” said Micron’s Director of Product Line Management, Jonathan Weech. “Through its Crucial branded products, Micron is focused on bringing high-value NAND solutions to PC enthusiasts. This unique combination of Micron NAND and Phison’s Gen5 controller, along with AMD’s AM5 platform, will help accelerate the transition to PCIe Gen5 SSDs.” 

“Our goal is to deliver an incredible uplift in bandwidth to accelerate PC performance and user experiences,” said Leah Schoeb, Sr. Manager, Storage and Memory, AMD. “Collaboration with Micron and Phison signifies AMD’s commitment to empower and elevate gaming and creator experiences of the future with AMD’s new socket technology.” 

Phison has an all-inclusive schedule for Computex 2022 with an exciting full scale product line of storage solutions. In addition to showing the flagship PS5026-E26 PCIe Gen5 controller, the company will also introduce:

• The first PCIe Gen4 BGA SSD using the PS5021-E21T controller.
• PS5027-E27T, a next generation DRAMless PCIe Gen4 solution designed to overcome the stick power requirements of mobile computing, will be discussed for the first time.
• E18DC, an M.2 form factor data center solution for diverse workloads including server boot and read intensive.
• PS8318, a UFS 3.1 problem solver targeting a wide-range of markets including VR, and mobile.
• E21T, an energy efficient industrial embedded Gen4 solution designed to drive down costs while increasing productivity
• MPT Series of customized automotive storage products.
• The World’s First PCIe 5.0 Redriver IC certified by PCI-SIG.

For more details, visit: www.phison.com/computex2022  (The website will go live at 9:00 am on 2022/5/24, Taiwan time)

Category: Press Releases

May 18, 2022

• 2022

Phison’s PCIe 5.0 Redriver IC PS7101 Achieves PCI-SIG Certification Milestone and Aims to Solve Compatibility Pain Points of High-Speed Transmission Between CPU and Peripheral Devices

San Jose, Calif., May 17, 2022 - Phison Electronics Corp. (TPEX:8299), a leading provider of NAND controller and NAND storage solutions integration services, announced today that it is successfully deploying the world's first PCIe 5.0 Redriver IC PS7101 certified by the PCI-SIG Association (Certified integrator list: Link) to help solve the compatibility problems of high-speed signal transmission between CPU (Central Processing Unit) and peripheral devices (such as SSD and graphics card, etc.). 

In the generation of PCIe 5.0 high-speed transmission, Redriver ICs will be required in devices such as desktop computers, servers, industrial computers, cables, and notebook computers. Depending on the degree of signal attenuation and the number of compensation channels, each system device will require 2 to 16 Redriver ICs. According to market research agencies, high-speed transmission signal enhancement ICs (including Redriver and Retimer ICs) will reach a market size of 50 million per year in 2025. 

With the vigorous development of massive data, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing, demand for high-speed data transmission continues to rise. The CPU is the core of high-speed signal transmission. Under the leadership of CPU chip suppliers such as Intel and AMD, the transmission interface of the system has ushered the PCIe 5.0 generation, and the single-lane transmission speed reaching 32Gbps per second, which is twice that of the previous generation PCIe 4.0. However, in the high-speed transmission environment of PCIe 5.0, compatibility issues such as signal attenuation and noise effects on the motherboard have become common problems and challenges faced by all system integrators.

Phison Announces Successful Deployment of the World's First PCI-SIG Certified PCIe 5.0 Redriver IC PS7101 (https://pcisig.com/developers/integrators-list?field_version_value%5B%5D=5&field_il_comp_product_type_value=All&keys=redriver )

Phison is committed to the research and development of high-speed transmission interface technology and is one of the few IC companies with the capability to independently develop PCIe 5.0 PHY physical layer IP. The PCIe 5.0 Redriver IC PS7101 adopts Flip-Chip packaging and testing technology to reduce signal reflection and crosstalk interference caused by IC packaging, simultaneously improves the heat dissipation capability of the IC, which will effectively solve the problem of signal attenuation of high-speed transmission of the motherboard of the PC and the server platform or the riser card. It is an IC product with high gain, high linearity, and cost-effectiveness. 

“Phison is thrilled with the industry’s rapid adoption and deployment of the world’s first PCI-SIG certified PCIe 5.0 Redriver IC PS7101. Achieving the Association’s certification from the PCI-SIG Association is a significant industry endorsement and affirms Phison's commitment to innovation,” said K.S. Pun, CEO of Phison. “In addition to PCIe 5.0 Redriver ICs, Phison is also actively developing a new generation of PCIe 5.0 Retimer ICs (sampling is expected to begin in the first half of 2023) for use in different system environments. Phison strives to strengthen its IC design capabilities that will create the market’s most reliable and complete high-speed storage and high-speed transmission solutions, and scale with global customers.” 

Phison's PCIe 5.0 Redriver IC PS7101 provides multi-band independent compensation, allowing system R&D engineers to independently adjust parameters for different cable or PCB materials to achieve the best compensation for signal attenuation. In addition, Phison provides the exclusive patented Auto Tuning Tool, which can be used with SSD products designed by Phison. This automatically brings in different Redriver gain parameters in the customer's development environment and finds the corresponding optimal parameters, accelerating system integrators' products to market quickly. 

Notably, Phison is one of the few suppliers delivering high-speed transmission ICs and also serves as a partner to provide customers with signal system analysis, simulation and compatibility issues. Phison’s goal is to equip customers with complete support solutions that solve technical problems encountered by customers in the development of high-speed interface platforms, to cooperate with the continuous development of new products from CPU chip manufacturers, and to enable the high-speed interface technology with increasing transmission speed to be used more widely on every platform. 

Phison's PCIe 5.0 Redriver IC PS7101 is actively shipping samples, and has received system design recognition from many mainstream motherboard, server, industrial computer and cable developers. Mass-produced products by end customers are expected to be launched in Q3 2022.