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INDILINX, backed by Softbank Ventures Korea, is a leading
fabless semiconductor company specialized in high performance SSD controllers
for retail, industrial, military, enterprise, and OEM market. INDILINX has been
accredited for the best technology company by many governmental institutions and
the industry since its foundation in 2006. The business operation is located in
Milpitas, California and the R&D center is in Seongnam, Korea. For more
information, please visit: http://www.indilinx.com
see also:-
Indilinx
- editor mentions on STORAGEsearch.com
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- Editor's comments:- September 2011 -
Indilinx SSD
controllers have been used in notebook SSDs designed by Samsung, Hitachi and LG
among others.
Indilinx's controllers were mostly used in low power, low
to medium performance consumer products. But recently, since its acquisition by
OCZ, Indilinx's
performance envelope has been lifted - although it's still way under fast small
form factor enterprise flash controller SSD controllers from
SandForce,
STEC and
SanDisk Enterprise
Storage Solutions (formerly Pliant).
Because the low power
controller market is so specialized in its feature sets - companies don't
compete head to head across a broad range of products - even if they have point
products which might compete in some applications. So I can't name any single
broad line competitor. But you will find competing companies in these
directories:- SSD
controllers and 1
inch SSDs. |
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In August 2008 - Indilinx unveiled
its Barefoot SSD controller with 230MB/s read speed and 20,000 IOPS. Indilinx
and MOSAID co-presented their strategic cooperation in the development of
high-performing SSD controllers for the next generation DDR type flash memory.
The SATA 3 interface will provide 600MB/s.
In October 2009 -
a
report
in behardware.com said Indilinx's SATA 3 SSD SoC may not ship till
2011 - a year later than originally planned.
In June 2010 -
Indilinx
announced
it was supplying SSD
controllers for use in a hybrid storage module - called the HyDrive -
designed by Hitachi-LG
Data Storage - which includes a 32GB flash SSD integrated with a Blu-ray
optical drive.
In
March 2011 - OCZ
announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire
Indilinx for for
approximately $32 million of OCZ common stock.
In September 2011
- OCZ
announced it
is supplying custom 7.5mm high 128GB SATA SSDs which use its Indilinx
Everest SSD controller to LG for use in its in
LGP220
ultra-thin notebooks. |
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| OCZ acquires
Indilinx........................................ |
Editor:- March 14, 2011 - OCZ announced it has
signed a definitive agreement to acquire Indilinx for for
approximately $32 million of OCZ common stock.
Indilinx controllers
have been deployed within OCZ's SSD products since December 2008, and are
currently featured in the Z-Drive series of
PCIe-based SSDs.
Indilinx's technology is expected to enable OCZ to expand its presence into the
embedded, hybrid storage, and industrial markets. OCZ will gain substantial
intellectual property from Indilinx including approximately 20 patents and
patent applications related exclusively to the business as part of the
transaction.
Following its acquisition by OCZ, Indilinx will continue
to produce and supply its line of controller products to
SSD manufacturers and OEMs
on a global basis. The Indilinx controller business, and its 45 employees, will
remain intact under the leadership of Bumsoo Kim, the
founder and President of Indilinx, and Hyunmo Chung, Indilinx's CTO. OCZ
will continue its own R&D program to develop new proprietary technologies
and products to expand its own solid state drive offerings. The Indilinx
acquisition notwithstanding,
OCZ says it plans to continue using
controllers from other manufacturers including long-term partner
SandForce, who
currently supplies SSD processors for a wide range of the Company's SSD products
including the Vertex 2, Agility 2, RevoDrive, customizable Deneva enterprise
drives, and the upcoming Vertex 3 family of SSDs.
"This transaction is an important step in OCZ's strategy and
significantly enhances our ability to capitalize on the
worldwide demand for
Solid State Drives," said Ryan
Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology Group. "This combination brings
together 2 organizations that are committed to advancing solid state drive
design, and provides a unique opportunity for OCZ to increase both customer and
shareholder value as well as expand our reach into embedded markets."
Editor's comments:- this announcement will send ripples
throughout the SSD industry. OCZ has been one of the most successful SSD
companies at growing sales revenue by filling the gap in the mid market for
fast (but not too insanely
fast) and affordable
SSDs.
I had previously said that the most significant gap in OCZ's
profile (given its revenue and comparing it to its peers in the
top SSD companies list)
was IP.
Acquiring an
SSD controller company
is an astute move. In the medium term it will enable OCZ to influence product
features to maximize the fit to user market needs which OCZ has been so adept
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| How big was the
thinking in this SSD's design? |
Does size really does matter in SSD
design?
By that I mean how big was the mental map? - not how many
inches wide is the SSD.
The novel and the short story both have their
place in literature and the pages look exactly the same. But you know from
experience which works best in different situations and why.
When
it comes to SSDs - Big versus Small SSD architecture - is something which was
in the designer's mind. Even if they didn't think about it that way at the time.
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For designers, integrators,
end users and investors alike - understanding what follows from these simple
choices predicts a lot of important consequences. ...read the article | | | |
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| Bad block
management in flash SSDs |
This is an introduction to the thinking behind
one of the many vital functions inside a flash
SSD controller.
Native
media defect quality in new flash memory chips has grown steadily worse in the
past 10 years as geometries have shrunk. |
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This article enumerates
the scale of the problem and explains how intrinsically dodgy flash memory
is transformed into dependable flash SSDs which you can entrust with your data.
...read the
article | | | | |
