InnoGrit will present four new controllers at FMS 2019

INNOGRIT, co-founded in 2016 by former Marvell CTO and industry veteran Dr. Wu Zining, has not been widely exposed in the industry. It has already mass-produced the IG5208 NVMe SSD controller named "Shasta". It is reported that Dr. Wu Zining will present the company's four NVMe SSD controller products and advanced data security LDPC technology, as well as the company's future roadmap, at the keynote speech at the Flash Memory Summit next week.

Three consumer-grade SSD controller products:

Shasta(IG5208)

Shasta is an industry-leading NVMe SSD controller that supports various M.2 and BGA SSD standard-sized SSDs with capacities up to 2TB. The chip is equipped with a dual-channel PCIe Gen 3 interface, fully supports the NVMe 1. 3 standard, adopts a DRAM-less architecture, fully supports the host memory cache (HMB) function, and provides a high-performance, low-cost solution. Shasta supports various NANDs including SLC, MLC, TLC, and QLC, and has the characteristics of low power consumption and small size. No complex heat dissipation solution is required, making it an ideal solution for the Internet of Things and consumer electronics. On the basis of high performance and low power consumption, Shasta also supports a variety of advanced functions, including intelligent caching technology, enhanced data encryption, terminal write and read data protection, and chip integrated power-on reset (POR), which only requires a simplified PCB layout design. For applications that require ultra-small size, lightweight, high performance and ultra-long standby, Shasta is an ideal target. It can be widely used in the Internet of Things (IoT), client edge computing, server boot hard disks, industrial control systems and embedded systems.

Shasta+(IG5216)

As the new generation of the Shasta series, Shasta+ supports a four-channel PCIe Gen 3 interface, and also adopts a DRAM-less architecture, supporting four NAND channels. Shasta+ has been optimized to improve performance and reduce latency, breaking through the performance ceiling of existing SSDs. The enhanced intelligent power management unit built into the Shasta+ chip enables the chip to achieve ultra-low power consumption in both working and sleeping states. The power consumption target in the maximum working state is less than 1.35W. Without the need for local memory, the continuous read and write performance of the SSD is pushed to the extreme. Shasta+ supports strong QLC performance and flexible packaging options, and can support various M.2, U.2 and BGA SSD standard-sized SSDs with capacities up to 8TB.

Rainier(IG5636)

Rainier is an industry-leading NVMe SSD controller. It uses 16/12nm FINFET CMOS process, is equipped with a four-channel PCIe Gen 4 interface, complies with NVMe 1.4 specifications, supports 8 NAND channels, and has the highest standards of security and data protection mechanisms, suitable for high-end consumer solutions and data center solutions. Based on Innogrit's unique data error checking (ECC) technology, Rainier greatly improves the product's working life cycle and data retention time, providing a solid-state drive solution with better reliability and ultra-high performance. In terms of data security, Rainier adopts SRAM's data error checking mechanism and end-to-end write-read data protection technology to provide a more comprehensive data protection mechanism. Rainier supports all mainstream 2D ​​and 3D NAND, with a maximum capacity of up to 16TB.

Enterprise-class SSD controller :

Tacoma(IG5668)

Tacoma is the industry's first SSD controller for high-end data centers and enterprise applications using 16/12nm FINFET CMOS technology. The chip is equipped with a four-channel PCIe Gen 4 interface and complies with the NVMe 1.4 standard. It supports 16 NAND channels and a maximum capacity of 32TB. Through optimization for low-latency storage-class memory and support for low-latency NAND, Tacoma can control latency to less than 10 microseconds in application environments that require frequent read and write operations, making it an ideal solution for low-latency storage systems. Tacoma supports atomic write operations and integrates deep learning accelerator cores to implement in-memory computing functions to optimize the performance of the entire system. In addition to supporting traditional SSD mode, Tacoma also supports Open Channel SSD mode, allowing customers to deploy different optimal solutions according to their actual application needs. Tacoma also uses IntelliGrit's unique data error checking (ECC) technology to ensure data integrity through terminal write and read data protection technology, which can improve the reliability during the SSD life cycle. The smaller BGA package allows Tacoma to be flexibly applied to standard-sized SSDs such as M.2, U.2, and EDSFF.