USB 3.1 Flash memory controller enhances endurance

15th February 2016

Hyperstone

Jordan Mulcare

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Hyperstone introduces its USB 3.1 Flash memory controller, U9. U9 is targeting industrial applications such as removable USB Flash drives (UFD) and embedded USB Flash modules (eUSB). Together with Hyperstone's hyMap Flash Translation Layer (FTL) and hyReliabilityT firmware features, U9 provides enhanced endurance and data retention management, as well as rigorous power fail-safe features.

Product Highlights:

Fully compliant with USB 3.1 Gen 1, SuperSpeed, Hi-Speed, and Full-Speed modes and mass storage device class
ECC engine correcting up to 96-Bit/1KB data unit
Ample hardware resources to support next gen SLC, MLC and 3D NAND Flashes
Flash interface compliant with Toggle DDR and ONFI 2.3
On-the-fly AES encryption hardware engine
Additional SPI, I2C, and ISO7816 (smartcard IC) interfaces
hyMap sub-page-based Flash translation layer (FTL)
hyReliabilityT Flash Memory Management and firmware architecture
Read Disturb Management and Dynamic Data Refresh to maximise data retention and refresh data subject to read disturbance
Built-in temperature sensing capability

"Our new U9 USB controller complements our USB line and is designed to deliver SuperSpeed performance while maintaining the highest level of reliability. Our hyMap FTL and our hyReliabilityT firmware features are mature and offer highest levels of endurance and reliability," said Axel Mehnert, VP Marketing, Hyperstone. "Our sophisticated architecture and FTL significantly reduce wear-out of Flashes and offer highest 4K random write performance."

"Competing USB controllers in the market are still focused on consumer requirements. Hyperstone offers a one hundred percent rugged industrial solution. Our design delivers additional hardware resources such as RAM, error correction, and encryption that enable high-end solutions," said Dr. Jan Peter Berns, Managing Director, Hyperstone. "Such levels of random write performance, endurance tuning, optimisation and health monitoring features are otherwise only found in top notch SSDs."

U9 will initially be available in a TFBGA-124 (9x9x1.2mm) package qualified for industrial temperature range (-40 to +85 °C). Mass-production samples are available now.