Microchip Names Flashtec NVMe 4016 Highest-Performance 16-Channel PCIe Gen 5 Enterprise SSD Controller

Microchip announced the latest member of the Flashtec controller family, the 4016 NVMe SSD Controller. The Flashtec NVMe 4016 controller is the industry’s highest performing PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD controller, according to the company. It delivers over 14 GB/s throughput and over 3M IOPS performance, as well as the stringent QoS requirements required in today’s cloud-based data center applications.

Microchip Names Flashtec NVMe 4016 Highest-Performance 16-Channel PCIe Gen 5 Enterprise SSD Controller

With 16 high-speed programmable NAND flash channels with up to 2400MT/s throughput, this fourth generation Flashtec controller can utilize the full bandwidth of PCIe Gen 5 x4.

As an NVMe 2.0 compliant controller, the NVMe 4016 supports all the latest storage and HPC applications, including Zoned Name Spaces (ZNS) and Cloud Open Computing Platform (OCP). What’s more, its flexible architecture enables future adaptation to ever-evolving NVMe specifications.

NVMe 4016 is also the first PCIe Gen 5 controller to support PCIe link encryption. With dual-signature authentication and trusted platform support, the NVMe 4016 controller meets all critical storage and security requirements for enterprise applications. The advanced virtualization capabilities of the NVMe 4016 enable large-scale deployment of virtual machines and physical functions (PFs) to make the most efficient use of PCIe resources in ever-growing data centers and cloud computing infrastructures.

The description also noted support for Qual-Level-Cell (QLC) flash memory and the presence of a new programmable machine learning engine capable of performing various pattern recognition and classification functions that are used in artificial intelligence applications.

Microchip Names Flashtec NVMe 4016 Highest-Performance 16-Channel PCIe Gen 5 Enterprise SSD Controller

For developers, Microchip offers an SDK, reference firmware, simulation and debugging tools, evaluation boards and design samples, as well as technical support and a complete set of related materials. Flashtec NVMe 4016 evaluation samples are now available.

Source: ixbt

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