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.”

Category: Press Releases

May 28, 2019

• 2019

Computex Taipei, unveiled on May 28^t, 2019 , will be highlighting applications and technologies driven by high-performance gaming and 5G innovation this year. PHISON Electronics (TPEX: 8299) will once again showcase its full range of NAND storage solutions at the event, from the flagship PCIe^® 4.0 PS5016-E16 (E16) SSD controller for gaming, to storage solutions aim for AIoT, automotive, and edge computing applications.

PHISON's flagship PS5016-E16 is the first PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD controller in the consumer market today and one of the biggest highlight of Computex this year. Combining the latest 96-layer 3D flash memory and the fourth-generation LDPC ECC engine, E16 controller can reach maximum performance of 5000/4400 MB/s in sequential read/write respectively. Equipped with the patented hardware accelerator, E16 provides gamers with ultimate performance like never before. In addition, with the exclusive design of intelligent temperature control mechanism and a hidden IC heat sink, E16 has excellent thermal control even under extreme gaming operation. E16 SSD will be available in M.2 2280 form factor and will enter mass production starting from this quarter.

“This is a big year for PHISON Computex. In furthering the leadership in consumer-market, PHISON has also shifted its focus on storage solutions for embedded and enterprise Market,” said K.S. Pua, CEO of PHISON Electronics.  “The high-end application storage segment has high barriers of entry but allows better gross margins for the business. PHISON will continue to invest resources to transform business strategy and strive for operating efficiency and improved profit.”

In addition to the flagship product E16, PHISON also displayed PS5013-E13T and PS3113-S13T SSD controllers supporting the latest generation of QLC NAND flash, the SD 7.1 PS5017 controller, high-end USB controller PS2251-17 that supports the latest USB 3.2 Gen2x2 specification, and UFS 3.0 controller PS8317 that is designed for flagship mobile market. PHISON is well-positioned for addressing the needs of high-end NAND storage application markets.