Category: Press Releases

May 4, 2021

• 2021

Phison Electronics has been committed to public welfare for a long time, and this year launched a five-year "Fun to Go to Schools" program to support rural students in Miaoli. In addition to inviting colleagues to participate in the program and to be volunteers at LIYUES Elementary School (苗栗鯉魚國小) and NANHEPS Elementary School (苗栗南河國小), Phison also initiated fundraising and donation activities within the company. All employees are doing their best to contribute to the local schools in Miaoli. It is also hoped that such support programs can attract more companies to participate and help rural school children.

Phison launches a five-year program to support rural students

In addition to donations, Phison volunteer team also led the students to learn the “STEAM” courses, integrating the learning elements of science (S), technology (T), engineering (E), art (A) and mathematics (M) to help students learn and understand cross-domain knowledge, cultivating students' hands-on ability. 

In addition, the classes also arranged for students to learn about Phison’s storage products, including USB flash drives, SSD (Solid State Drives), and SD memory cards, as well as related storage applications. In the courses, students were also asked to design and hand-paint their own USB flash drive product packaging, and the students left unforgettable memories. 

T.H.Kuang (鄺宗宏), deputy general manager of Phison Electronics, said that he hopes that Phison’s five-year support program of "Fun to Go to Schools" can utilize the resources of the company to broaden the horizons of students in rural areas and enhance their motivation to learn. It also hopes to attract more companies to participate in the program, and to illuminate the future of local students.

Category: Press Releases

March 23, 2021

• 2021

San Jose, Calif., March 23, 2021 - Phison Electronics Corp. (TPEX: 8299), a global leader in NAND Flash controller integrated circuits and storage solutions, announced today that it has joined the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC). The AECC is a non-profit association of cross-industry players working to build best practices for the coming vehicle and computing convergence.  

"Modern vehicles are quickly evolving into mobile data centers," said K.S. Pua, CEO and chairman of Phison. "The emergence of autonomous driving capabilities and other technologies pushes the need for automotive-grade storage focused on data security and ultra-high reliability." 

Phison brings over 20 years of storage experience to AECC, along with its market-leading commitment to PCIe Gen-4 innovation to the automotive industry. As an AECC member, Phison will work with the organization's global member base to define more efficient ways to support the automotive industry's distributed computing ecosystem and network infrastructure.

Becoming an AECC member gives Phison more opportunities to understand the market and technical solutions trends, and make connections with automotive key-players to develop potential business relationships. 

"We're pleased to welcome Phison to the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium," said Ken-ichi Murata, President and Chairperson of the AECC, and Fellow at Connected Company of Toyota Motor Corporation. "We look forward to Phison's contributions to this significant initiative, as our combined knowledge and expertise will help the AECC identify the connected vehicle requirements and solutions needed to support the future needs of the value chain."

Category: Press Releases

March 17, 2021

• 2021

Recently, the COVID-19 vaccine has begun to be used globally. Although the side effects are still being observed at the initial stage, at least a new dawn has emerged for the prevention of COVID-19. In view of this, Phison Electronics (Phison; 8299TT) and Mediland, a medical equipment supplier, jointly donated 3 professional medical-grade high-end hyper light disinfection robots to Hsin-Chu Branch of National Taiwan University Hospital (新竹臺大分院) (Phison donated 2 robots and Mediland donated 1 robot), to make a contribution to protect the homeland.

K.S.Pua, Chairman of Phison, and Chun-Sung Chiang, Chairman of Mediland, donated medical-grade Hyper-Light-Disinfection Robot to Hsin-Chu Branch of National Taiwan University Hospital

Chung-Jen Yu (余忠仁), Dean of Hsin-Chu Branch of National Taiwan University Hospital, expressed his gratitude to Phison Electronics and Mediland for supporting frontline medical colleagues with technology and contributing to the epidemic prevention. Hyper light disinfection robots will be applied to the hospital’s epidemic prevention wards, intensive care wards and operating rooms. It is expected to effectively reduce the infection caused by direct contact with the source of disease by medical staff and cleaning staff, and provide medical staff with a better epidemic prevention environment. It is also hoped that the people who come to seek medical treatment will be more at ease. 

Chun-Sung Chiang (江春松), chairman of Mediland, pointed out that the chairman of Phison Electronics, K.S.Pua, is young and visionary, and occupies an important position in the NAND industry. Its entrepreneurial spirit of public welfare has been implemented early, such as the use of solar power to build green R&D centers, organic farms, and annual charitable donations... are all positive actions and manifestations of corporate social responsibility. The donation of two hyper light disinfection robots to Hsin-Chu Branch of National Taiwan University Hospital this time shows that Phison is very supportive of medical care after Phison’s previous donations to Taoyuan Landseed International Hospital (桃園壢新醫院) and Hsinchu Mackay Hospital (新竹馬偕醫院). Phison supports the medical industry with actions and can be described as a role model for Taiwanese electronics industry entrepreneurs. Mediland admires its kindness very much, and is also inspired to donate one more unit in response to the kind deeds. I believe that more entrepreneurs like K.S.Pua will be able to join together to connect Taiwan's medical protection network to achieve the best infection control in hospitals in various places.

Chung-Jen Yu (余忠仁), Dean of Hsin-Chu Branch of National Taiwan University Hospital Presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Phison Chairman K.S.Pua

K.S.Pua (潘健成), Chairman of Phison, emphasized that the risk of nosocomial infection has always been a topic of great importance to medical institutions, and the threat of multi-drug resistant microorganisms has been increasing year by year. Different from traditional low-power ultraviolet sterilization products, the donated hyper light disinfection robots not only exert its maximum effect during the epidemic, but more importantly, its clinically valid effect on multi-drug resistant microorganisms can quickly eliminate bacteria up to 99.99% or more. In addition to assisting in enhancing the effectiveness of environmental disinfection in high-risk areas in the hospital (such as isolation wards, intensive care wards, emergency rooms, etc.), it can also reduce the risk of possible nosocomial infections and provide a safer medical environment for patients and medical staff; Phison continues to do its best to fulfill its social responsibilities.

Category: Press Releases

February 24, 2021

• 2021

San Jose, Calif., February 24th, 2021-Phison Electronics Corp, a global leader in NAND Flash controllers, integrated circuits, and storage solutions, announced today that it will be the first to ship the new PCIe interface SD card, SD Express 7.0. The card will start shipping in March, 2021 and will come in a 256GB and a 512GB offering.

SD Express (SD 7.0) is the first memory card to apply a PCIe interface in an SD interface compatible with all the existing built-in SD slots. This innovation takes the SD Express 7.0 memory card to another performance level, closer to CF Express type A and UFS card, and is three times faster than UHS-II, the fastest card in the current removable device market. 

SD Express cards can be considered a traditional UHS-I memory card with the PCIe interface and NVMe protocol. PCIe and NVMe are known worldwide for their high bandwidth and low latency storage capabilities. In anticipation of the next generation of high-performance mobile computing requirements, adding both architectures to SD Express delivers faster access to data files than the various legacy SD platforms. 

SD Express cards can achieve speeds of up to 870MB/s with PCIe Gen3x1 supporting content applications and data generated by highly demanding system architectures.

This new protocol allows SD Express memory cards to serve as removable solid-state drives (SSD). The speeds delivered by SD Express are perfectly suited to high-resolution video and image applications. These include super-slow-motion video, RAW continuous burst mode photography, 8K video capture, 360-degree video. SD Express is also perfect for UHD gaming systems, multi-channel Internet-Of-Things (IoT) devices, high-speed data backups, and numerous automotive storage needs, including temporary storage for 5G data transfers. 

K.S. Pua, Chairman and CEO of Phison, said, "SD cards and microSD cards have become saturated in the consumer and retail markets, but applications in other specialty markets continue to grow. Medical applications, digital surveillance applications, and content creator markets all require SD and microSD cards with unique features. Phison's strength is to provide corresponding customized solutions for different storage markets to meet these needs."

Phison, a board member of the SD Association, is a recognized leader in PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD development, especially with its ability to leverage PCIe NVMe to SD cards, and is one of the few companies to manufacture SD Express cards. 

"This latest innovative development only further enhances our market and industry leadership," said C.S. Ma, CTO of Phison. "SD Express 7.0 is designed to meet the demand of high-speed mobile storage devices for the high-end imaging market."