Marvell launches third-gen SATA 6Gbps SATA controller

tweakboy

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Marvell released its third-generation SATA 6Gbps SATA controller chip.
Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) today announced mass deployment of the Marvell® 88SS9187 SATA controller fueled by high performance embedded processor technology. The 88SS9187 features a 6 gigabit-per-second (Gb/s) SATA Revision 3.1 compliant host interface optimized for the fast-growing solid state drive (SSD) sector, offering many game changing benefits to the consumer, mobile and enterprise markets. A significant number of high-profile SSD manufacturers are set to deploy Marvell’s newest solution immediately, with additional partners expected to integrate 88SS9187 implementations later this year.
Marvell’s newest SSD controller boasts an open, world-class architecture that supports industry-standard, high-speed NAND Flash interface up to 200MB/s per channel. The 88SS9187 also offers a groundbreaking correction capability thanks to its high performance ECC engine with Adaptive Read and Write Scheme and on-chip RAID functionality to allow use of the latest generation of NAND Flash devices in the fast-growing SSD markets.
“We continue to drive market-leading innovation in our SATA technology products, as seen with today’s launch of the 88SS9187 SATA controller powered by high performance embedded processor technology,” said Alan Armstrong, vice president of Marketing for the Storage Business Group at Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. “The best-in-class, open architecture of the device allows SSD manufacturers to fully customize their products to meet specific customer demands and distinguish their products based on price, performance, power and functionality. Marvell is thrilled to be leading the industry with our advanced SSD acceleration technology, which is enabling our partners to take their products to the next level.”
In addition to its breakthrough performance, the 88SS9187 delivers lower costs and greater power efficiency. The device features the industry’s lowest active and stand-by power consumption rates at this performance level, meeting the requirements of even the most demanding high-growth Ultrabook computer market. Leveraging Marvell's expertise in delivering high-performance, low cost and low power silicon solutions, the 88SS9187 is bringing leading-edge SSD acceleration technology to the mainstream consumer technology market, including high-end computing devices.
Other distinguishing features of Marvell’s third-generation SATA 6 Gb/s SSD controller include:

  • Supports on-chip RAID technology for the NAND device with flexible customer firmware based algorithm to optimize retiring of defective NAND block, plane, die or device.
  • Supports high-speed DDR3 DRAM interface with support for up to 1 G byte memory that permits customer to implement highly performance optimized mapping algorithms.
  • Maximum sequential read performance for a SATA 6G device.
  • ~500MB/s of sequential write performance even at dirty drive conditions.
  • Best-in-class Random Read and Write IOPS with minimum over-provisioning and minimal performance degradation.
 

Blain

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Nice Copy & Paste.
Why do you think we would know more than your original source?
 

tweakboy

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Duh, I didnt write that thing on my own, I rather have you all see it straight here, instead of going to a link. Cuz its big info, I know this thread will get me 1k hits at least.. so dont be jealous chill out,, eat some kong pow chicken and relax for me. thx
 

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At the moment, it is only a controller, not an SSD.
You'll need to wait on people like Crucial, Plextor, and Corsair to build an SSD around this controller.
 

Coup27

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tweakboy you are an idiot of the highest order.







Please be advised that it is a direct violation of the rules to insult another member.

You have been warned.


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groberts101

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ROFLMAO..
get me 1k hits at least
? What.. is this a popularity contest based on the number of hits that a thread can get around here?

Cause if that's the case?.. I would have just started a "what don't you like about/how many problems have you or a friend had with?".. OCZ bashers thread. That would'a been a 5k hit thread by now!

Seriously though. Looks promising with ONFI 3.0 and larger amounts of DRAM would be sweet in combination with a chip like that. And why no included link?

here.. allow me to do the dirty work for ya.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5676/marvells-3rd-generation-88ss9187-ssd-controller

http://www.marvell.com/storage/ssd/sata-controllers/

http://www.storagereview.com/marvell_88ss9187_sata_ssd_controller_announced

http://www.techpowerup.com/162372/Marvell-Unveils-Third-Generation-SATA-6-Gb-s-SSD-Controller.html

http://thessdreview.com/latest-buzz...mises-low-power-and-500mbs-speeds-for-ultras/
 
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Coup27

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Can a admin give him a infraction ?
An admin should give you an infraction.

You have nearly 4000 posts on a technical forum yet offer users no technical support at all and generally invade threads with nothing but meaningless jibberish normally masqueraded as a "me and my dad + loosely related story to the original topic".

If I do get infracted, it'll be my first ever in over 10 years of forum use and if the admin wishes to check my post history they will see I have been an incredibly helpful memory of the memeory and storage forum, something I cannot say about you.
 
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groberts101

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c'mon guys.. most of the regulars around here know who's who and what they tend to offer by now. That's why it's called an "open forum", right? :)
 

Coup27

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Dude I still owe you a PM. I've had an insane last 4 weeks and I am sorry I've not got back to you sooner. I'll give it a good read this weekend and hit you back.
 

Coup27

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I was first a moderator and then went upto Admin on tranceaddict.com where the forums were much more of a playground than they are here. Certainly don't think I would go back to being a moderator.