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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.”
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Computex Taipei, unveiled on May 28t, 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.
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Computex, the world-famous Taipei International Computer Show, opens on May 28th 2019. One of the major themes this year is “Gaming” and the introduction of PCIe® 4.0 is generating a lot of excitement. PHISON Electronics (TPEX: 8299), the world-wide leader in SSD storage, proudly announces the arrival of the first PCIe 4.0 SSD. The PS5016-E16 is fully aligned with AMD X570 chipset motherboards. The improved performance and reduced latencies of PCIe 4.0 enabled solution will bring enhanced realism to the gaming world.
“3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors and AMD X570 motherboards for socket AM4 create the world’s first PC platform to support PCIe 4.0 connectivity”, said Chris Kilburn, corporate vice president and general manager, Client Channel, AMD. “We are delighted to be working with PHISON to lead the ecosystem of advanced PCIe 4.0 technologies.”
K.S. Pua, Chairman and CEO of PHISON, said “Working with AMD has enabled rapid innovation and expansion of the PCIe 4.0 ecosystem. The PS5016-E16 is the world’s first Gen4x4 NVMe SSD controller IC. When combined with AMD X570 motherboards, this storage solution is ready to meet the high bandwidth requirement of 8K HD gaming.”
PS5016-E16 controller IC is PHISON’s latest flagship SSD solution and the only PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD controller chip in the consumer application market. Based on the 28nm process node and using PHISON’s fourth-generation LDPC ECC engine, the PHISON PS5016-E16 controller IC can push flash memory to new levels. It is expected to start sampling and begin mass production from this quarter.
The motherboards that participate in and support AMD's first wave of PCIe 4.0 ecosystem include ASRock X570 Taichi and X570 Phantom Gaming X MB products, CORSAIR Force Series MP600 Gen4 PCIe x4 NVMe M.2 SSD, Gigabyte X570 AORUS XTREME and MASTER series MB products and AORUS NVMe Gen4 M.2 SSD series products, GALAX HOF Pro PCIe M.2 SSD products, and MSI X570 Series MB products, which are expected to bring a wave of heated discussions in Computex. PHISON will also continue to work closely with AMD and motherboard manufacturers and branded SSD partners to promote PCIe 4.0 applications and drive next-generation storage solutions.
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Cigent社 (本社: 米国・フロリダ)のBare Metal™ アクティブデータプロテクション機能をファイソンのサイバーセキュアSSDと統合することにより、グローバルOEM/ODM顧客はすぐにソフトウエアのみのEDRと暗号化ベースのソリューションよりはるかに強い組み込みデータセキュリティソリューションを提供できます。
台北・台湾 – 2019年3月19日 –ファイソン・エレクトロニクス・コーポレーションとCigent Technology, Inc.は世界初のサイバーセキュアPCIeベースのNVMe SSDコントローラを本日発表しました。Cigent社のエンドポイントソフトウエアを組むことによりAIと機械学習でセキュリティの異常を検出し、主動的にハードウェアベースのデータ保護で対応します。
｢ファイソン社は年間で4千万個のSSDコントローラをグローバル顧客へ出荷し、SSDコントローラのグローバルリーダーです。｣とCigentのCEO兼共同設立者、Bradley A. Roweが発言しました。｢我々はファイソン社がアクティブデータプロテクションを何百万個ものストレージデバイスに組み込むことに興奮しています。ファイソン社は数多くのメジャーなブランドへシステムやOEM / ODMサービスを提供しています。 Phisonはストレージテクノロジのリーダーであり革新者であることは証明されていますが、今はサイバーセキュリティにおいても重要なプレーヤーです。｣
世界のサイバー犯罪は莫大な割合に達し、2021年までに6兆ドルの損失に達すると予測されています。毎日150万の企業や世界中の人々がサイバー犯罪と知的財産の損失に影響を受けています。 既存のセキュリティツールは不正機能の侵入に対して有効ですが、（英語が良く分かりません。Jimの訳も少し違うとおもうけど。）SSDのファームウェア層を保護することで、Bare Metal™はデータの盗難を防止し、サイバー犯罪者を阻止することを約束します。
「新しいパートナーであるCigentとのイノベーションのポテンシャルはほぼ無限です。」PhisonのCEO兼共同創設者であるKS Puaは、次のように述べています。 「既存のエンドポイントセキュリティソリューションは、高脅威な環境において重要なデータをロックダウンするには不十分です。 CigentとPhisonのコラボレーションにより、すべてのパートナーサイバーセキュリティ会社はNANDに保存するする重要なデータを保護できます。ファームウェアベースの保護を侵略することは非常に困難です。」
Cigent Bare Metal対応のSSDは、既存のセキュリティソリューションと連携して動作し、危険性の高い環境で重要なデータを予防的にロックダウンするように設計されています。Bare Metalのファームウェアベースのアプローチは、データアクセスパターンをモデル化し、最小限のユーザー操作で重要なデータを積極的に保護します。 Cigent社のエンドポイントエージェントはアクセスパターンを利用して他のシステムセンサーとともにローカルおよびクラウドベースのデータとアプリケーションに対してユーザー認証を提供します。 Cigent社のエンドポイントエージェントは、更にサードパーティのセキュリティ統合用のAPIをサポートしています。Cigent Bare Metalに対応したE12DC NVMe SSDコントローラの最初の出荷は2019年の第2四半期(カレンダーQ2)になる予定です。
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In response to the demand for 5G cloud storage, Ubitus Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based multimedia interactive solutions, and Phison Electronics Corp, a leading provider of NAND Flash controller ICs and storage solutions, have formally signed an agreement and announced an international strategic partnership.
Could gaming will move forward with 5G
Ubitus CEO Wesley Kuo and Phison Electronics CEO K.S. Pua both said, the 5G era is coming, and a faster storage solution is an inevitable trend. With the high-speed and low-latency features of 5G, different devices will be able to maximize interconnection and greatly improve the intelligence ability of devices. Cloud AI computing will become more popular. Cloud gaming based on 5G not only brings better gaming experiences to players, but will also have significant growth in the total number of users in the future.
Ubitus and Phison Electronics team up to build more complete cloud service platform
Combining the complete and high performance NAND storage solution of Phison Electronics with the new cloud computing solution of Ubitus will improve the storage device and technology of the cloud streaming service platform. Ubitus will also provide IDCs in Japan and Taiwan as support. Both parties will provide a complete and stable storage solution for cloud computing services such as cloud gaming, cloud virtual reality (VR/AR), and cloud artificial intelligence (AI)Creating a world-leading cloud service platform.
As a world famous cloud streaming technology developer and service provider, Ubitus provides cloud gaming service with high-speed streaming and low-latency control to world-class telecom operators such as NTT DOCOMO, KDDI, Yahoo Japan and Korea Telecom. It also makes use of AI technology for image learning, data computing and image enhancement, enabling end users to enjoy world-class gaming experiences anytime and anywhere. At the same time, Ubitus also provides Cloud-AI computing service for Cortex, a well-known AI blockchain company, and CGI Lab of National Chiao Tung University, saving in computing time for AI users with plenty of computing power. Ubitus has become a leader in the field of Cloud-AI computing service.
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
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PHISON Deputy Spokesperson
Kuo-Ting Lu
TEL: +886-37-586-896 #26022
Mobile: +886-979-075-330
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