Category: Press Releases

August 1, 2019

• 2020

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – July 31, 2019 – Phison Electronics, the industry leader in flash controller and NAND solutions, today announced that it will be showcasing its lineup of PCIe Gen4 SSD solutions, including the public debut of its power-conscious PS5019-E19T controller, at the Flash Memory Summit (FMS), August 6-8  in Booth No. 219 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California.

As the first-and-only company ready with PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD solutions, Phison will demonstrate how its controllers push the boundaries of low power consumption and high performance for storage.  Shown publicly for the first time will be Phison’s E19T controller, which offers low power consciousness for mainstream drives, and delivers best-in-class power savings and reduces cooling needs in data centers.  Attendees will also see Phison’s recently released high-end PS5016-E16 controller, which independent third-party testing has confirmed speeds of 5GB/s sequential reads and 4.4GB/s sequential writes.  Additionally, Phison is offering a preview of the company’s next-generation Gen4x4 PS5018-E18 controller, an optimized design that better leverages the high-performance advantages provided by the PCIe 4.0 interface, further extending the company’s performance leadership in Gen4 SSDs.

The company will also be showcasing for the first time its PS5013-E13T 1113 BGA SSD at FMS.  It delivers all the advantages of flash technologies in the ultra-thin and ultra-compact 1113 BGA form factor. The E13T BGA SSD can reach up to 1.7GB/s sequential read, and 1.1GB/s sequential write, saturating the PCIe Gen 3x2 host interface using only 1.5W. With a power profile configurable to meet various application needs, the E13T BGA SSD will prolong the battery life of any embedded solution.

Phison’s booth will host demonstrations from technology partners Liqid and Cigent Technology Inc.  Powered by Phison’s E16 controller, Liqid’s industry-leading, ultra-high performance Gen4 NVMe, full-height, full-length add-in card model LQD4500 capable of 5 million IOPs and 24GB/s, will be showcased for attendees.  Liqid’s add-in card LQD4500 is available in capacities of up to 32TB.  Cigent will be demonstrating its Dynamic Data Defense Engine (D3E™) for Windows 10 that, when paired with Phison E12-based SSD, helps consumers, businesses and government agencies prevent the exfiltration of sensitive data when a system has been compromised.  The Phison E12 allows D3E to support "on the fly" firmware-based folder locking that can only be accessed with a step-up authentication when the threat level is elevated.

In addition to its not-to-be-missed exhibition of industry-leading solutions, Phison’s engineering and executive leadership has been invited to present their expertise at a number of panels and sessions during FMS, including:

•    Designing SSD Storage Systems for Low Latency without Large Outliers (August 6 at 3:40 p.m.)
•    Advanced Countermeasures: Integrating SDDs into Cyber-Security Defense (August 6 at 4:55 p.m.)
•    Error Handling Technologies for QLC-Based Storage (August 7 at 8:30 a.m.)
•    NMVe Gen-4 Thermal Management: Too Hot to Touch (August 7 at 3:20 p.m.)
•    Applying NVMe BGA in Embedded and Mobile Applications (August 7 at 3:20 p.m.)

“Whether in the audience at one of our speaker presentations or stopping by our booth for a demonstration of our next-generation technologies, FMS attendees will have an excellent opportunity to learn how Phison is leading the way in delivering high performance solutions that meet the ever-increasing needs of the data storage market,” said K.S. Pua, CEO of Phison Electronics.  “FMS is the ideal setting for us to demonstrate this leadership, as well as the perfect venue to publicly show our E19 for the first time.  We look forward to a great show.”

FMS is the world’s premier flash memory conference and exposition.  Now in its 14th year, FMS features the latest technology trends, the most innovative products, and the broadest coverage of this rapidly expanding market with demonstrations, speaking engagements and panels covering the latest storage technologies, such as NVMe, NVMe-oF, persistent memory, computational storage, 3D flash, 3D XPoint, neuromorphic computing, and new non-volatile memory.  Additional information about the event is available at https://www.flashmemorysummit.com/

Phison will be hosting private meetings in the Silicon Valley Room at Techmart Center.  To schedule a time to meet with company representatives, interested parties can contact Michael Wu at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Category: Press Releases

July 25, 2019

Chandler, AZ – July 24, 2019 — Everspin Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ: MRAM), the world's leading developer and manufacturer of Magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) persistent memory solutions, announced Phison Electronics Corp. will provide native support for Everspin’s 1 Gb STT-MRAM memory in its next generation enterprise SSD controller lineup. Phison controllers with Everspin’s 1 Gb STT-MRAM enable storage system designers to increase the reliability and performance of systems where high-performance data persistence is critical. This is accomplished by delivering protection against power loss without the use of supercapacitors or batteries.

Phison is a market leader in NAND flash controllers, shipping more than 600 million controllers annually and rapidly demonstrating its capabilities and position at the forefront of enterprise-class technology. Phison controllers with the Everspin’s 1 Gb STT-MRAM part offer storage system designers more effective management of I/O streams, creating a higher degree of latency determinism. It also allows storage OEMs to significantly improve quality of service.

“As enterprise SSD manufacturers seek smaller form factors and increased performance, STT-MRAM delivers high-speed, non-volatile write buffer which enables higher performance and storage density” said Rizwan Ahmed, Everspin Vice President of Marketing. “By partnering with Phison, we’re bringing our 1 Gb STT-MRAM technology to next-generation enterprise SSD controllers.”

 “Adding native support for Everspin’s 1 Gb  STT-MRAM to our controllers enables our hyperscale and enterprise OEM customers to increase performance, reduce latency and dramatically improve quality of service,” said CS Ma, Phison CTO. “Everspin’s STT-MRAM is the best solution available for SSD designers to optimize footprint, performance, endurance, and reliability.”

Everspin and Phison will be hosting a technical session at the Flash Memory Summit conference in Santa Clara, California (Aug 6-8) to provide insights on MRAM use-cases in enterprise applications. Everspin will also be delivering the opening Keynote at the MRAM Developer Day on Aug 5^th to kick off the combined MRAM/FMS conferences, as well as other technical sessions and panels at both events. Visit Everspin at Booth #319, Phison at Booth #219.

Category: Press Releases

July 8, 2019

• 2020

Phison Electronics (8299.TW), industry leader in flash controller and NAND solutions, releases the world’s first PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD solution.  Paired with the release of the 3^rd Gen AMD Ryzen^TM, the first processor that is PCI-Express® 4.0 Ready, Phison’s PS5016-E16 (E16) pushes new performance records for storage.  With the 3^rd Gen AMD Ryzen^TM processor providing up to 2x more bandwidth for storage, Phison’s E16 reaches speeds of 5GB/s sequential reads and 4.4GB/s sequential writes.  

With the next evolution of the PCI-Express interface ready for release, Phison will be the first and only company ready with a PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe SSD solution.  The E16 is the result of Phison’s decades of experience in memory technology, excellence in engineering, and innovation in flash memory products.  Enabling the latest 96-layer 3D TLC NAND flash, the E16-based solutions offer capacities up to 2TB.

Fully compliant with PCI-Express 4.0, with throughput of 7.88 GB/s, the E16 can easily reach speeds of 5GB/s sequential reads and 4.4GB/s sequential writes, the fastest sequential reads and writes for a single M.2 SSD.  It provides a 42% increase in sequential reads and 31% increase in sequential writes over the fastest Gen 3x4 SSD solution in the market.

“We are very excited about the release of the 3^rd generation of AMD Ryzen processors,” said K.S. Pua, CEO of Phison Electronics.  “With PCIe Gen4 launching with the 3^rd Gen AMD Ryzen processor, we know that our E16 based solutions will be the best choice for storage on the AMD Ryzen 3000-Series Platforms.”

Category: Press Releases

June 4, 2019

• 2019

Joint development in further advancing performance-based SSDs
with integration of Violin advanced technologies

SAN JOSE, Calif., DATE, 2019 – Violin^® Systems LLC and Phison Electronics Corporation today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to integrate Phison’s E12DC controller with Violin’s industry-leading technology and extreme-performance storage systems.

As the pioneer in all-flash-arrays Violin has led the market in innovating consistent extreme performance its Flash Fabric Architecture and vRAID while ensuring continuity of operations with its advanced enterprise data services.  With the catch-up of industry standards of NVMe to the level of Violin’s proprietary technology, Violin is evolving from custom to customized SSDs without sacrificing resiliency or performance and working with leading NAND providers to integrate Violin IP for even greater performance and capability beyond off-the-self NVMe.

Phison is the market leader in NAND flash controllers and applications, shipping more than 600 million controllers annually and rapidly demonstrating its capabilities and position at the forefront of enterprise-class technology. Violin is both a customer and joint technology partner of Phison, enabling highly collaborative innovation in performance optimization.

By enhancing the NVMe standard interface with its proprietary performance-enhancing technologies, Violin’s performance storage solution and advanced enterprise software enable consistent extreme performance for today’s, SQL databases, real-time analytics and virtualization applications, as well as the rapidly evolving AI, machine-to-machine learning and commercial IoT applications where there is zero tolerance of any performance lag.

“We aim to be our customers’ most dependable IT business partner,” said K.S. Pua, CEO of Phison.  “Phison is constantly striving to find new ways to integrate capabilities into our product sets that add true value for our customers. The Phison E12DC enterprise controller builds on the award-winning success of the E12 solution by adding robust algorithms to ensure predictable latency and consistent I/O. With the E12 already strongly established in the consumer space, we are able to accelerate our growth in the enterprise-embedded market. We believe that partnering with Violin and leveraging each other’s technology and expertise allows us to make a big impact on the market”

“The tight collaboration of extreme-performance storage systems expert Violin with resources of an industry leader in flash controllers and NAND solutions like Phison is a great move that can enable rapid innovation working with standards-based interfaces,” said Eric Burgener, research vice president, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, IDC.

Violin’s deep and broad set of enterprise services leveraged on standards-based technology is an increasingly attractive alternative to others that require a major overhaul to implement. Combined with Violin’s hallmarks of consistent performance and enterprise-class data services, this joint development offers customers a transformative capability ensuring business-critical information remains immediately accessible in order to derive maximum value from it.

“While NVMe is becoming a growing standard in performance storage, we have been able to further enhance the advancements made with the technology by leveraging our patented technology to provide enterprises extreme, consistent performance,” said Mark Lewis, Chairman and CEO of Violin Systems. “This joint development with Phison allows both companies to push the boundaries of enterprise SSDs and bring true innovation to the market through standards-based technology vs. proprietary technology.”