Link_A_Media Devices Unveils its Award-Winning 6Gb/s SATA SSD Controller

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Link_A_Media Devices (LAMD), a leader in the development of semiconductor SoC (System on Chip) solutions for the data storage market, today unveiled its flagship high-performance LM87800 SATA 6G SSD controller with proprietary eBoost^TM technology. The highly-integrated device brings enterprise-class performance and endurance enhancement to the rapidly growing client SSD market.

“We are very pleased to announce the availability of the LM87800, our flagship SATA SSD controller designed to deliver unsurpassed performance for PC and related applications”

Designed to deliver superior performance, the architecture deploys extensive hardware acceleration, dedicated host-side and NAND-side ARM® microcontrollers and a 6Gb/s SATA host interface, enabling the LM87800 to deliver industry-leading performance of 90K sustained random read/write IOPS and 550 MB/s sustained sequential read/write throughput. The LM87800 is fabricated on a low-power and low-leakage process technology and employs sophisticated power management techniques to achieve ultra-low power consumption.

The LM87800 features highly robust data recovery capability based on Link_A_Media Device's eBoost^TM technology. eBoost significantly enhances the endurance of current and future generation NAND flash to bring enterprise-class reliability and lifetime to client SSDs while maintaining superior performance throughout the life of the SSD. eBoost achieves these key system objectives through the use of proprietary adaptive signal estimation techniques coupled with powerful on-the-fly error correction technology.

With 8 NAND channels supporting the high-speed ONFi 2.3 and Toggle 1 flash interfaces, the LM87800 can access up to 1 terabyte of commodity NAND flash while also cost-effectively supporting today’s mainstream SSD capacities of 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB. The LM87800 supports NAND flash from all major vendors including SLC, MLC and eMLC flash families.

“We are very pleased to announce the availability of the LM87800, our flagship SATA SSD controller designed to deliver unsurpassed performance for PC and related applications,” said Dr. Hemant Thapar, CEO, Link_A_Media Devices. “The feature-rich LM87800 includes our eBoost technology which significantly enhances NAND Flash endurance to enable next generation MLC Flash in enterprise-class Client SSDs.”

“Link_A_Media's SSD controller has enabled us to design our fourth generation of SSDs, the Neutron Series, to reach incredible new levels of performance and reliability,” said Thi La, Vice President of Memory Products at Corsair. "We are extremely excited to bring this state-of-the-art SSD technology to consumers."

Featured in Corsair’s groundbreaking Neutron Series™ SSDs, winner of the prestigious "Best of Computex 2012" award from Tom's Hardware, Corsair's Neutron are the industry's first SSDs to deploy the LM87800 controller.

Offered as a turn-key solution, the LM87800 comes complete with qualified and field-proven host interface and NAND management firmware, reference designs and documentation to enable customers to quickly design-in and bring to market leading-edge SSD products. LM87800 samples are available now.

Key Features

SATA 6G host interface
8 NAND channels, up to 4CE per channel
Support for 2y-nm and 1x-nm NAND Flash from all major Flash vendors
ONFi 2.3, Toggle Mode 1 and Legacy NAND interfaces
Proprietary endurance improving eBoost^TM technology
End-to-end user data path protection
Strong BCH ECC capability with area/power efficient decoder architecture
Enterprise-class proven firmware for NAND management and data transport operations
Variable NAND over-provisioning
Efficient garbage collection and global wear leveling
RAID/Chipkill technology
Proven unsolicited power loss management
Low power design
S.M.A.R.T. support
Microsoft® Windows® 7 TRIM support

Performance (using MLC NAND)

Sequential Read: 550 MB/s
Sequential Write: 550 MB/s
Random Read (4KB): 90K IOPS
Random Write (4KB): 90K IOPS

About Link_A_Media Devices

Link_A_Media Devices is a leader in the development of semiconductor SoC solutions for the data storage market. Its mixed signal processing and iterative data recovery technologies enable hard disk drive (HDD) and solid-state drive (SSD) OEMs to increase storage density and reduce manufacturing costs. These advantages enable Link_A_Media Devices’ customers to continue to meet the growing demand for high-performance and low-cost data storage in consumer, computing and enterprise storage networking applications. For more information, visit www.link-a-media.com.

About Corsair

Founded in 1994, Corsair supplies high performance products purchased primarily by PC gaming enthusiasts who build their own PCs or buy pre-assembled customized systems. The company's award-winning products include DDR3 memory upgrades, USB flash drives, power supply units, solid-state drives, PC speakers, gaming headsets, gaming keyboards, laser gaming mice, CPU cooling products, and computer cases.

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