Marvell Unveils Third-Generation SSD 6Gb/s SATA Controller

By Nathan Kirsch

Marvell 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 Marvells newest solution immediately, with additional partners expected to integrate 88SS9187 implementations later this year.

Marvell 88SS9187 SATA controller

Other distinguishing features of Marvells 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.

We continue to drive market-leading innovation in our SATA technology products, as seen with todays 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.

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