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Microchip Demonstrates Flashtec 5016 Enterprise SSD Controller
by Ganesh T S on August 8, 2024 5:30 PM EST - Posted in - Storage - SSDs - Enterprise SSDs - Microchip - FMS 2024 Microchip recently announced the availability of their second PCIe Gen 5 enterprise SSD controller - the Flashtec 5016. Like the 4016, this is also a 16-channel controller, but there are some key updates: - PCIe 5.0 lane organization: Operation in x4 or dual independent x2 / x2 mode in the 5016, compared to the x8, or x4, or dual independent x4 / x2 mode in the 4016.
Microchip implemented a machine learning approach to determine the read-out voltage based on the health history of the NAND block using the NN engines in the controller. The company also brought out the advantages of their controller's implementation of SR-IOV, flexible data placement, and zoned namespaces along with their 'credit engine' scheme for multi-tenant cloud workloads. Microchip's press release included quotes from the usual NAND vendors - Solidigm, Kioxia, and Micron.
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