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Silicon Motion is an innovative technology company that
designs, develops, and markets high performance, low-power semiconductor
solutions for the multimedia consumer electronics market. We have three major
product lines: mobile storage, mobile communications, and multimedia SoCs. Our
mobile storage business is composed of microcontrollers used in NAND flash
memory storage products such as flash memory cards, USB flash drives, SSDs,
embedded flash applications, and card readers. Our mobile communications
business is composed of mobile TV tuners, CDMA RF ICs, and electronic toll
collection RF ICs. Our multimedia SoCs business is composed of products that
support MP3 players, PC cameras, and embedded graphics applications.
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Silicon Motion milestones from recent
SSD Market
History
Iin June 2008 -
Silicon Motion
announced a new family of flash
SSD controllers which
enable oems to mix and match MLC and SLC chips in the same drive.
The
controller can analyze the incoming files from the host and intelligently move
frequently accessed data to SLC NAND and non-frequently accessed data to MLC
NAND. With this innovative hybrid architecture, the SSD system cost is
significantly reduced to a level comparable to a pure MLC-based SSD, while
endurance is significantly enhanced and comparable to a pure SLC-based SSD.
In
April 2010 -
in its
financial report Silicon
Motion's President and CEO, Wallace Kou said - " The NAND flash
industry has been increasing the output of 3 bits per cell MLC because this type
of technology is a capital efficient way for NAND flash manufacturers to
increase capacity without significant capital expenditure. These new 3 bits per
cell MLC NAND flash are very difficult to manage well and requires significant
advanced controller technologies. Our clear leadership in 3 bits per cell
controller technology validates our strategy of investing in cutting edge R&D
in order to bring new products to market ahead of our competitors.
...Our
SSD controller shipment growth (in the past quarter) was flat sequentially, but
grew almost 300% compared to a year ago, and revenue from these products
continues to account for almost 10% of our overall corporate revenue." |
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