Silicon Motion launches its first controller chip solution for SATA SSD in enterprise class

As an 8-channel high-performance controller solution for enterprise-class SATA SSD, SM2271 has achieved high capacity and high performance. 

According to the news from China storage, the designer of the global NAND flash controller and the leading brand for marketing, Silicon Motion (Silicon Motion Technology Corporation, NasdaqGS:SIMO) in 2019 OCP Global Summit launched a new high-performance controller solution SM2271 for enterprise SATA SSD. The solution not only provides complete ASIC and Turnkey firmware and supports the max capacity up to 16TB, but also meets the high-capacity, efficient, and stable needs of enterprise and data center applications.

The SM2271 controller solution with 8 channels present high performance for enterprise-class SATA SSD, it has achieved high capacity and high performance. It can support the latest 3D TLC and QLC flash technology, and give full play to the bandwidth of SATA interface, and achieve maximum sequential read and write speed up to 540MB/s and 520MB/s. At the same time, SM2271 further ensures the security of data through the advanced 256-bit AES encryption engine that is fully in line with the Opal encryption standard established by TCG (Trusted Computing Group) in the United States.

With the advantage of high capacity and high performance, the SM2271 controller provides the ideal solution for the new SATA SSD design, which can completely replace the low-performance HDD that has been used in enterprise storage, data centers, and industrial storage systems. In addition, it has superior enterprise-class durability, supports high-capacity SSD and meets the strict requirements for read-intensive workload, which is enabling users to maintain the performance benefits of the existing SATA interface storage infrastructure at low cost. It also provides lower latency and more reliable data read and write operations than consumer SSD.

With the excellent media management and data integrity capabilities provided by SM2271, it is able to ensure the normal operation and long service life of SSD, and the end-to-end data path protection (E2E DPP) improves data reliability. At the same time, this controller is designed with sixth generation NANDXtend® that is the unique technology invented by Silicon Motion, also it is combining with the calculation of error recovery algorithm, which can avoid data loss and ensure data integrity and ensure QoS performance during the SSD life cycle.

In addition, Silicon Motion further provides one complete design kit referring to SSD, which is including the availability of turnkey firmware, significantly reducing development time and investment costs. The main functions are as follow: 
Support for the latest 3D TLC/QLC flash memory; the max capacity of SSD up to 16TB capacity. 

Stable IOPS and predictable QoS low delay; 

End-to-end data path protection, including SRAM/DRAM ECC; 

Generation 6 NANDXtend ®technology ensures better data integrity; 

Support AES-256 level hardware encryption (SED) and comply with TCG Opal standard; 

Support secure activation.

Nelson S. Duann, senior vice president of marketing and research development of Silicon Motion, said that "SM2271 is latest enterprise-class SSD controller from Silicon Motion, which supports all mainstream 3D TLC and QLC flash memory. So that users can adopt the new high-performance and large-capacity SATA SSD and can enter the market more quickly. In addition, this controller has used latest exclusive technology, including its sixth generation NANDXtend ®technology, further provides better data reliability and end-to-end data path protection to ensure data integrity, while at the same time providing the best QoS performance consistency in the industry. "