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Phison and Kingston Collaborate on NVMe SSD Controller to Accelerate into the Next SSD-era
Hsinchu, Taiwan - December 6, 2017 – Phison Electronics (8299.TW), a leading provider of NAND flash solutions including removable flash, managed NAND, and SSD products, today announced combined SSD controller shipments to Kingston Technology (“Kingston”) exceeding 18 million units. This achievement shows Phison’s strong commitment to R&D investment in collaboration with Kingston to build a wide portfolio of SSD products. Since 2012, Phison has delivered more than 10 SSD controller solutions to Kingston®consisting of PATA, SATA, and PCIe. The latest duo of PCIe 3.0 NVMe controllers, E7 and E8, will continue to drive the next wave of SSD evolution for Kingston’s SSD line as the massive transition from SATA to PCIe interface continues in 2018.
“Phison's long-term partnership with Kingston Technology has enabled both companies to have a mutual and consistent understanding of the memory industry," said KS Pua, Chairman and CEO of Phison. “As the 2016 economy recovered, the companies worked closely together to solidify their industry leadership in the SSD market as they continue to expand their market share through 2017, in the midst of a flash shortage situation. SSD controller chip unit shipments this year more than doubled compared to last year. Looking forward, the cooperation between the two companies will be even closer to create new business opportunities and drive further revenue and profit growth".
Phison and Kingston also share common interests in developing and marketing enterprise-level storage. Phison’s S10 controller powers Kingston’s DC400 SSDs, featuring flexible over-provisioning and consistent performance. In 2015, Phison and Kingston co-invested in Liqid Inc, an enterprise start-up specializing in enterprise storage and composable infrastructure for the enterprise market. In 2016, Kingston debuted the DCP1000, the company’s flagship high-performance enterprise SSD, equipped with Liqid’s proprietary RAID technology and Phison’s E7 controller. At its launch, the DCP1000 boasted best-in-class read and write performance of 6800 MB/s and 1.25 million IOPS, making it the world’s fastest NVMe add-in-card SSD.
“Phison and Kingston have enjoyed a close working relationship on many levels for over a decade,” said Nate Steffens, vice president of Flash memory, Kingston. “Their technology has enabled us to be one of the market leaders for solid-state drives, USB drives and embedded solutions. With their continued support, Kingston will remain one of the top players now and in the future.”
Phison and Kingston’s partnership extends beyond SSDs. In November of 2010, Phison and Kingston identified the massive shift from removable cards to NAND embedded in mobile phone devices and joined forces to form Kingston Solutions, Inc. (“KSI”). This KSI joint venture later expanded to include Toshiba, Micron, and Mediatek. The marriage has proven to be successful, as KSI has now become a significant solution provider to the mobile, IoT, and embedded market, with a wide range of product offerings, including eMCP, ePOP, eMMC, and UFS.
In jointly celebrating Kingston’s 30th anniversary, it is with pride that we relive some of Kingston’s and Phison’s milestone joint product innovations:
- World’s largest USB Flash Drive (Data Traveler GT 2TB), 2017
- World’s fastest enterprise SSD (DCP1000), 2016
About Phison
Phison Electronics Corp. is a global leader in NAND Flash controller IC and storage solutions. In 2000, Phison developed world’s first single-chip USB flash drive controller. For 17 years, Phison created of a wide range of innovative solutions over SSD (PCIe/SATA/PATA), eMMC, UFS, SD and USB interfaces, shipping over 600 million IC units annually. Adding value to customers, Phison also provides system integration and total solution services across consumer, industrial and enterprise markets. An active participant in industry standards, Phison is on the Board of Directors for SDA, ONFI, UFSA and a contributor for JEDEC, PCI-SIG, MIPI, NVMe and IEEE-SA. In this release, the terms “company” and “Phison” refer to Phison Electronics Corporation. To learn more about our technical breakthrough in NAND solutions, please visit http://www.phison.com or contact
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Flash Memory Summit 2017
SANTA CLARA, CA – August 7th, 2017
Phison FMS 2017 Highlights
Phison Electronics (8299.TW), industry leader in flash controller and NAND solutions, will be displaying its latest flash controller technology at Flash Memory Summit 2017. This year, the enthusiasm begins from next generation controllers enabling QLC flash technology, to unprecedented portable performance with our latest ThunderboltTM 3 SSD, to industry leading enterprise performance and features, to our new UFS PS8311 and PS8313 with groundbreaking performance.
Please join us in one of our many activities at FMS 2017.
Exhibit Hall A-B
August 7th to 10th, booth #613 & #614
Showcase
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QLC Coming Soon… |
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Phison E12 & S12 Coming Soon... |
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Thunderbolt 3 SSD with Phison E7 Controller |
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Embedded UFS PS8311 & PS8313 |
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Renesas R-Car with Phison eMMC
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Phison E7 PCIe NVMe Controller |
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For more information on our showcase, please refer to our “Press Kit” at FMS 2017 Press Kit
Speaker Sessions
August 8th to 10th
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Improving the Design of DRAM-Less Consumer SSD |
Tuesday, August 8th 8:30am - 9:35am |
Session 101-A |
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3D Flash Leads to More Powerful Embedded Applications |
Tuesday, August 8th 8:30AM - 9:35AM |
Session 101-B |
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PCIe/NVMe Brings Higher Performance to Embedded Applications |
Tuesday, August 8th 9:45AM - 10:50AM |
Session 102-B |
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Machine Learning for Storage System Based on 3D NAND |
Thursday, August 10th 8:30AM - 10:50AM |
Forum E-31 |
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A Self-Learning Flash Translation Layer (FTL) for NAND Flash Controllers |
Thursday, August 10th 8:30AM - 10:50AM |
Forum E-31 |
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UFS 3.0: Controller Design Considerations |
Thursday, August 10th 1:30pm - 4:15pm |
Forum L-32 |
Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S.and/or other countries.
About Phison Electronics:
Phison Electronics Corp. is a global leader in NAND Flash controller IC and storage solutions. In 2000, Phison developed world’s first single-chip USB flash drive controller. For 16 years, Phison created of a wide range of innovative solutions over SSD (PCIe/SATA/PATA), eMMC, UFS, SD and USB interfaces, shipping over 600 million IC units annually. Adding value to customers, Phison also provides system integration and total solution services across consumer, industrial and enterprise markets. An active participant in industry standards, Phison is on the Board of Directors for SDA, ONFI, UFSA and a contributor for JEDEC, PCI-SIG, MIPI, NVMe and IEEE-SA. In this release, the terms “company” and “Phison” refer to Phison Electronics Corporation. To learn more about our technical breakthrough in NAND solutions, please visit http://www.phison.com or contact
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Flash Memory Summit 2017
SANTA CLARA, CA – August 7th, 2017
Phison’s New PS8313 UFS Controller Brings to Mobile the High Performance CoXProcessor 2.0 Technology from Its PCIe SSD
Phison Electronics Corp., a world-leading NAND controller IC provider and member of UFSA Board of Directors, announces the PS8313 UFS 2.1 controller at the Flash Memory Summit. PS8313 is a top-performing 2-lane chip targeting Tier-1 flagship mobile chipsets and smartphones. Taking advantage of the latest generation of 3D TLCs, the state-of-the-art solution addresses the increasing capacity and cost per density requirements from the fast-changing mobile market.
UFS, or Universal Flash Storage, is the high-speed interface standard aimed to replace eMMC in mobile phones and SD cards in memory card applications. The latest UFS 2.1specification is equipped with increasing data rates and a differential-signaling serial interface with full-duplex operation. Currently, the best mobile application processors are gearing up the 2-lane UFS interface support at 1200MB/s, 3 times the speed over its predecessor eMMC, and PS8313 will be a leading independent UFS controller to meet the impressive throughput requirement. The powerful PS8313’s sequential and random read/write speeds on 3D NAND are topping 920/550MB/s and 67K/62K IOPS, which are comparable to SATA SSDs, bringing an unparalleled new experience to the ultimate smartphone users for gaming, high-resolution video and streaming applications.
PS8313 utilizes an advanced 28nm process while Phison’s innovative in-house M-PHY, UniPro and UFS IPs gives a total control over the solution for scalability. Equipped with an ultra-compact and low-power LDPC ECC engine designed for the latest 3D TLC, the controller effectively enhances memory endurance and reliability. The efficient design also removes the need for additional passive components in the UFS package, simplifying the BOM for the device manufacturers. Supporting a maximum of 8 NAND dice, PS8313 can enable up to 256GB of NAND storage into several form factors such as the UFS Card, discrete BGA, or UFS-based multichip packages with low-power DRAM (uMCPs) for different mobile applications.
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UFS 2.1 compliant, High-Speed Gear 3, x2 Lane throughput |
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CoXProcessor 2.0 architecture for NAND operation management, inherited from Phison’s PCIe controllers |
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The new architecture enables PS8313 lower system latency and higher random performance. In a 128GB UFS configuration, the measured performance is similar to a high-end client SATA SSD |
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Innovative in-house M-PHY 3.x (High-Speed Gear 3, x2 Lane), UniPro 1.6x and UFS 2.1 IPs passing various compliance and chipset validations |
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LDPC ECC with Adaptive Signal Processing, a 30% improvement in correction capability over a traditional LDPC engine |
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Maximum 3D TLC Sequential Read/Write – 920/550MB/s* |
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Maximum 3D TLC 4K Random Read/Write – 67K/62K IOPS*
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“Phison aims to support the Tier-1 smartphone flagship models by introducing the UFS 2-lane PS8313 controller”, said Phison CEO and co-founder K.S. Pua. “For the best phones in the market, it will be exciting to see the powerful SSD-level performance on a small 11.5x13mm UFS BGA package. This is one of the most innovative solutions we are enabling with our partners’ 3D TLC NAND, contributing to an incredible application experience in the premium smartphone segment where the most competitive performance gets extra attention.”
* Raw performance without OS based on internal testing; performance may be lower depending upon host platform
About Phison Electronics:
Phison Electronics Corp. is a global leader in NAND Flash controller IC and storage solutions. In 2000, Phison developed world’s first single-chip USB flash drive controller. For 16 years, Phison created of a wide range of innovative solutions over SSD (PCIe/SATA/PATA), eMMC, UFS, SD and USB interfaces, shipping over 600 million IC units annually. Adding value to customers, Phison also provides system integration and total solution services across consumer, industrial and enterprise markets. An active participant in industry standards, Phison is on the Board of Directors for SDA, ONFI, UFSA and a contributor for JEDEC, PCI-SIG, MIPI, NVMe and IEEE-SA. In this release, the terms “company” and “Phison” refer to Phison Electronics Corporation. To learn more about our technical breakthrough in NAND solutions, please visit http://www.phison.com or contact
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Phison Gears Up for Mobile Phone Market with PS8226 3D NAND eMMC 5.1 Controller
Phison Electronics (TPEX:8299), a leading NAND flash controller solution provider, today announced its latest PS8226 eMMC controller at 2017 Computex Taipei. This eMMC 5.1 compliant controller aims to support the vast 3D TLC technology from multiple NAND memory companies.
The second half of 2017 will see a strong demand for mobile devices. Driven by the increasing performance and capacity requirements from high-resolution video and streaming applications, various smartphone manufacturers plan on introducing an array of new products in the next quarters, and the eMMC and eMCP storage devices are in high demand. Phison is optimistic that the new PS8226 with 3D NAND solutions will capture a significant share in the mobile storage market.
The expansion of the mobile market saw Phison’s eMMC/eMCP controller solutions benefiting from Tier-1 smartphone brands design-wins through strategic NAND and module partners. PS8226 is set to continue this trend. Currently, the 2D to 3D NAND transition is aggressively driven by all memory manufacturers, and the PS8226 will contribute as the first independent eMMC controller taking advantage of 3D TLC’s high density and performance. The strong momentum of PS8226 solutions will also pave the way for the next generation UFS (Universal Flash Storage) adopting 3D TLC NAND.
In order to deliver the best endurance out of the emerging 3D NAND, PS8226 is equipped with Phison’s proprietary StrongECC™ correction engine. Utilizing an optimized power domain management scheme and innovative hardware architecture, the power consumption of PS8226 has reduced by 50% while the random performances have doubled compared to the 2D NAND eMMC solutions. The efficient design of the PS8226 effectively removes the need for additional passive components in the eMMC package, enabling significant overall BOM savings. These advantages of PS8226 will help customers accomplish high performance, robust, power-efficient and cost-competitive 3D eMMC/eMCP mobile solutions.
Phison PS8226 Highlights:
- eMMC 5.1 compliant with Command Queue support
- Supports latest 3D MLC & TLC, up to 8 NAND CE, capacity up to 256GB
- Proprietary StrongECC™ guarantees the 3D TLC reliability: Compared to a traditional BCH ECC engine, the StrongECC™ improves 30% in decoding capability and saves 70% more power
- 3D TLC sequential performance: Up to 310MB/s read and 220MB/s write
- 3D TLC random performance: Up to 22K IOPS read and 29K IOPS write
About Phison
Phison Electronics Corp. is a global leader in NAND Flash controller IC and storage solutions. In 2000, Phison developed world’s first single-chip USB flash drive controller. For 16 years, Phison created of a wide range of innovative solutions over SSD (PCIe/SATA/PATA), eMMC, UFS, SD and USB interfaces, shipping over 600 million IC units annually. Adding value to customers, Phison also provides system integration and total solution services across consumer, industrial and enterprise markets. An active participant in industry standards, Phison is on the Board of Directors for SDA, ONFI, UFSA and a contributor for JEDEC, PCI-SIG, MIPI, NVMe and IEEE-SA. In this release, the terms “company” and “Phison” refer to Phison Electronics Corporation. To learn more about our technical breakthrough in NAND solutions, please visit http://www.phison.com or contact
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Next Generation 3D NAND Propels PCIe SSD Adoption
Phison Electronics (8299.TW), a worldwide industry leader in flash controller and NAND solutions, kicks off its showcase at Computex 2017, displaying its latest and greatest technologies in SSD, USB, SD, and UFS solutions. Invited attendees and partners will be given sneak preview demos of upcoming 3D NAND solutions with Phison controllers. The key focus for Phison in the 2nd half of 2017 will be enabling next generation 3D NAND across all types of flash controllers.
Phison is excited about the next generation 3D NAND from Toshiba and Micron. Currently, early engineering development data have exhibited an improvement of 8x endurance, 4x performance, and 20% power efficiency over the 2016 predominate 2D NAND. ”The next generation 3D NAND from both Toshiba and Micron enables Phison to provide more energy efficient solutions to our partners in mobile and extends product field life for our partners targeting enterprise storage respectively. This is a huge breakthrough for the storage industry.” – CS Ma, Phison CTO
"Today's system designers are increasingly relying on Micron to help them meet the growing demands of mobile computing and hyper scale data centers. Micron is pleased to bring our 3D NAND solutions to Phison to help them innovate while improving speed, performance and capacity that can be applied to all of their storage applications." – Eric Endebrock, Micron VP Storage Solutions Marketing
The next generation 3D NAND directly provides major benefits for PCIe storage solutions. Both Phison’s PS5008-E8 and PS5008-E8T controllers now provide a mainstream, high-performance solution in a small package from M.2 2280 to BGA SSD. The challenges of high performance, high capacity, efficient power, and thermal can now be addressed in the smallest industry form factor like the BGA 1113 package. With PCIe SSD adoption ontrack to surpass SATA SSD by the end of 2017, Phison expects both PS5008-E8 and PS5008-E8T controllers to gain significant demand.
Customer sampling of the following controllers with “Next Generation 3D NAND” will be ready in Q3 of 2017:
ABOUT PHISON:
Phison Electronics Corp. is a global leader in NAND Flash controller IC and storage solutions. In 2000, Phison developed world’s first single-chip USB flash drive controller and has since created a wide range of innovative solutions over SSD (PCIe/SATA/PATA), eMMC, UFS, SD and USB interfaces, shipping over 600 million IC units annually. Phison also provides value-added system integration and total solution services across consumer, industrial, and enterprise markets. An active participant in industry standards, Phison is on the Board of Directors for SDA, ONFI, UFSA and a contributor for JEDEC, PCI-SIG, MIPI, NVMe and IEEE-SA. In this release, the terms “company” and “Phison” refer to Phison Electronics Corporation. To learn more about our technical breakthrough in NAND solutions, please visit http://www.phison.com or contact
About Phison Electronics Corporation
Phison Electronics is a global leader in NAND flash controllers and storage solutions, powering more than one in every five SSDs shipped worldwide. Phison has grown into a multi-billion-dollar company with over 4,500 employees—70% of which are dedicated to R&D – and more than 2,000 patents. The company’s innovations include aiDAPTIV+, an award-winning AI solution for affordable LLM training and inferencing on-premises, and Pascari, a portfolio of ultra-high-performance enterprise SSDs purpose-built for data-intensive workloads across AI, cloud, and hyperscale data centers.
Contacts
PHISON Spokesperson
Antonio Yu
TEL:+886-37-586-896 #10019
Mobile: +886-979-105-026
Email: [email protected]
PHISON Deputy Spokesperson
Kuo-Ting Lu
TEL: +886-37-586-896 #26022
Mobile: +886-979-075-330
Email: [email protected]
PHISON and PASCARI enterprise product inquiries:
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PHISON and PASCARI enterprise media inquiries:
Lynn Kelly
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