Marvell's dual-lane SATAe SSD controller coming in Q4

Stefan Mileschin · 23rd May 2014, 08:25

SATA Express ports are popping up on new Intel motherboards, but apart from an Asus prototype, we haven't seen any drives based on the standard. That could change at Computex, where Marvell plans to show off a new SSD controller designed specifically for the SATAe interface. The company claims this chip will enable SSD makers to build PCIe drives that are price-competitive with their SATA counterparts.

The 88SS1083 controller's name may be an awkward mess of numbers and letters, but it's fast, with dual lanes of PCIe Gen2 connectivity that yield 1GB/s of bidirectional bandwidth. This dual-lane link is a perfect match for the dedicated storage lanes built into Intel's 9 Series chipset . It also ...

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23rd May 2014, 08:25	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,462	Marvell's dual-lane SATAe SSD controller coming in Q4 SATA Express ports are popping up on new Intel motherboards, but apart from an Asus prototype, we haven't seen any drives based on the standard. That could change at Computex, where Marvell plans to show off a new SSD controller designed specifically for the SATAe interface. The company claims this chip will enable SSD makers to build PCIe drives that are price-competitive with their SATA counterparts. The 88SS1083 controller's name may be an awkward mess of numbers and letters, but it's fast, with dual lanes of PCIe Gen2 connectivity that yield 1GB/s of bidirectional bandwidth. This dual-lane link is a perfect match for the dedicated storage lanes built into Intel's 9 Series chipset . It also ... http://techreport.com/news/26497/mar...r-coming-in-q4

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