GLOBAL
UNICHIP CORP. (GUC) is the Flexible ASIC Leader who provides the semiconductor
industry with leading IC implementation and SoC manufacturing services. Based in
Hsin-chu Taiwan, GUC has developed a global reputation with a presence in China,
Europe, Japan, Korea, and North America. GUC is publicly traded on the Taiwan
Stock Exchange under the symbol 3443. For more information, visit
www.guc-asic.com.
see also:-
overview of GUC's IP
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In November 2009 -
Global Unichip
announced mass-production of its
ARM7-based
GP5080
series SSD SoC
platform for portable consumer electronics products based on 90nm process
technology. Its architecture has been optimized to fully utilize the maximum
data transfer of NAND flash with minimum operating power. The 4 independent
flash channels deliver excellent sequential and random R/W performance and
support all major vendors' SLC/MLC NAND
flash devices. The
SSD data integrity
is guaranteed by the on-chip hardware BCH-ECC engine which can correct up to 16
bit errors per 512 byte data.
In January 2012 -
BiTMICRO
announced
that its new TALINO-DE
- SSD controller -
has just gone through
tape-out
with Global Unichip.
"The
combination of GUC's PCIe, SATA, SAS PHY IP products and the broad scope of
their flexible SoC design services, manufacturing capabilities and strong
relationship with TSMC gave us no reason to hold back in our designs. From the
start, we are confident the TALINO-DE controller will create a huge impact in
the storage industry. Backed by GUC's world-class testing facilities, we know
they are the most viable option for us," said Rey Bruce, CEO of BiTMICRO
Networks.
In September 2014 -
GUC announced a
new portfolio of low power interface IP and controllers for the SSD market
with 16nm macros anticipated for Q4 2014. |
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| GUC announces new low power
SSD IP portfolio |
Editor:- September 25, 2014 - Global Unichip
today
rolled
out an expanded interconnect low power IP portfolio for ASICs targeting SSD
applications.
The expansion covers ultra low power PCIe 3/4 PHY,
DDR3/4, LPDDR3/4 CTRL/PHY and ONFi4.0 IO/PHY. IP based on the 28HPM/HPC
processes in the expanded portfolio are available now, while 16nm macros will be
available in Q4 of this year.
Among all NAND applications Global
Unichip says SSD is the fastest growing with the Data Center and Enterprise
segments showing the greatest potential. GUC is meeting that demand with a
complete low power IP portfolio for SSD controllers, including NAND I/O (ONFI,
Toggle), DDR I/F (DDR3/4, LPDDR3/4) and Serdes I/F (PCIe-3/4, SATA3/SAS3).
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I don't think we've reached
stability in reference enterprise SSD designs and use cases.
All the systems in the market today are implementations of transient
architectures which are pragmatically adapting legacy installations and
infrastructure.
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