SSD become important part for Industrial application. This presentation shows our aspect on SSD market trend, critical factor and unique features for Industrial market

1. SSD Trend and Design
for
Industrial Application
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Henry Chao
2014/11/19
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2. • SSD Market Trend – NAND, FF, Protocol
• Challenges of Robust SSD
• Key Features for Industrial Application
• ADATA SSD Solutions
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3. Consumer
Storage
Boot
Storage
-High IOPS
-High Endurance
Write
Caching
Cold
Storage
Read
Caching
Recording
SLC
MLC
TLC
eMLC
MLC+
SLC Mode
3D NAND
-General usage
-Compatibility
-High seq. write
Performance
-High Density
-Larger density
-High C/P value
-High IOPS
NAND Flash
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Diversified SSD solutions
Emerging
NAND Flash
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4. 4
Application Capacity Price Performance
Index Quality Reliability Supply
Channel
Consumer
0% & 7% OP
128 GB Sensitive Peak Perf. Moderate Moderate Flexible
ODM/OEM 0% OP
128 GB Sensitive Peak Perf. High High Moderate
IPC 0% OP
16 GB Moderate Average Perf. High High Consistent
Server 7% ~ 21% OP
480 GB Moderate Sustain Perf. Highest Highest Consistent
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SSD Preference by Applications
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5. SSD Market Trend
- NAND
- Form Factor
- Protocol
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6. 6
2014 2015
Q4
Micron
SanDisk
Toshiba
SK
Hynix
256Gb
128Gb
MLC, 20nm L85A
MLC, 16nm, L94C
MLC, 20nm L85C
64Gb
128Gb
MLC, A19nm, ECC 40b/1k
128Gb
64Gb
TLC, 19nm, LDPC
MLC, 16nm B die, ECC 58b/1k
TLC, 16nm M die
MLC, 16nm E die, ECC 58b/1k
MLC, L84A, 20nm, ECC 40b/1k
MLC, L84C, 20nm, ECC 40b/1k
64Gb
MLC, 19nm, ECC 40b/1k
MLC, 15nm
MLC, 16nm L95B, ECC 60b/1k
TLC, 16nm, B95
TLC, 15nm
MLC, 16nm B die
MLC, 16nm F die
Q1 Q2 Q3
256Gb 3D MLC
TLC, 16nm M die
3D MLC, L06B
3D MLC, L05A
NAND Technology Roadmap
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Lithography 3x nm
MLC
2x nm
MLC
2y/1x/1z nm
MLC
1z nm
TLC 3D MLC
Capacity 32Gbit 64Gbit 64/128Gbit 64/128Gbit 128/256Gbit
ECC
Requirement
12 bit/512B
(BCH)
24 bit/1KB
(BCH)
40-60 bit/1KB
(BCH) LDPC LDPC/BCH
NAND
P/E Cycle 5K 3K 3K 500 10K
NAND
Synchronicity Ascync ONFI 2.0 ONFI 3.0
Toggle 2.0
ONFI 3.0
Toggle 2.0
ONFI 4.0
Toggle 3.0
2D NAND Continues, 3D NAND Begins
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8. 8
Call for Higher Speed NAND
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9. *Intel IHV 2014/5 9
Intel storage plan to 2015+
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10. 2.5” Half Slim mSATA
M.2 22x42/60/80 uSSD
SATA DOM CFast
USB DOM CF
Performance Capacity Space
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SSD Form Factor Transitioning
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SSD Interface & FF Adaptation Trend
Source : Hynix Marketing 2014
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12. 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
600.0
500.0
400.0
300.0
200.0
100.0
0.0
Average Capacity(GB) 14.5 22.7 31.0 42.4 57.7
Revenue($M) 207.6 325.6 385.8 456.4 529.9
Units(100k) 66.0 80.0 98.0 119.0 129.0
Average
Capacity(GB)
Revenue($M)
Units(100k)
‹ IA SSD unit YoY 22.5%, revenue Y0Y 18.5% in Y2014.
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Industrial SSD Shipment Forecast
Source : Gartner Aug/2014
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13. Challenges of Robust SSD
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™Flexibility design for various
applications.
™Application driven NAND
selection.
™Senior engineering for high-speed,
EMI/ESD free PCBA design.
™Package capability to improve
density and performance.
Key Challenge for Robust SSD
™Robust for unsafe shutdown
and wide temperature
application.
™Better write efficiency to
improve drive life time.
™Strong ECC engine to cover
NAND BER.
™NAND Flash sorting to screen
out potential failure.
Application
Workload
SSD
Quality
Reliable
Firmware
NAND
Quality
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Quality NAND
• Failure rates are multiplied proportionately to capacity
• When combined with other problems, it can easily exceed 1%
DPPM
500
~8000
> 1%
NAND NAND
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16. 1166
Quality Control – from Wafer to Finish Good
NAND
Wafer
Testing
ADATA
Testing
Capability
Flash IC
Testing
Finish Good
Testing
Reliability
Testing
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17. -High Speed SATA/PCIe
-Signal Integrity (6G -> 10G)
-PCB layout complexity (Legacy to
Toggle 2.0/ONFI 3.0).
-All in one
PLP, Devslp, Thermal
Sensor, Debug.
SATA/PCIe.
-High die stack package (ODP/4ch
BGA).
-EMI&ESD Free of plastic case
-Power Consumption
SATA to PCIe Gen2/3 by 4
-Thermal/Heat issue and
reliability is concerned.
-Single Side design, capacity need to -Density is up to 128GB/package
support 256GB.
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SSD Design and Validation
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Reliable Firmware
Firmware Needs to Handle/Provide
Unstable Power Source
Wide Temperature Condition
Better Drive Life Time
Flexible for different applications
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19. Key Features for
Industrial Application
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20. Key IPC SSD Features
Wide Temp SSD Monitoring
Power Lost
Protection
• HW based solution.
• 100% guarantee
• Fully protect content
without data lost risk.
F/W
Value-Add
• Specified S.M.A.R.T
Attributes for Industrial .
• Support A+SLC.
• Quick Erase function.
Security
• Provide Locked &
Password mechanism.
• Write Protect by S/W or
H/W.
• Secure Partition.
HW Customization 20
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SLC Mode
F/W
Value Add
Capability
NAND
Traceability
Health
Mentoring
S.M.A.R.T
F/W Value Add
Tool Box
Open API
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22. Advanced S.M.A.R.T. Attributes
Power-on Hours
Power Cycle
Count
Unexpected
Power Loss
Count
Advanced SMART
SSD Life Left
Total Data Read
(Host)
Total Data
Written (Host)
Re-allocated
Sector Count
Temperature
Program Fail
Count
Erase Fail Count
Uncorrectable
Errors Count
Bad Block Count
Erase Count
Wear Leveling
Factor
Total Data
Written (Flash)
Total Data Read
(Flash)
Temperature
ever occurred
Raw Read Error
Rate
Default
NAND Flash and
Temperature data
Drive Access data
Customization SAMRT
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23. ADATA Toolbox
Key Features:
z Monitor of SSD status
disk info, TBW, temperature, health, Estimated remaining
life, automatic alert for abnormal status.
z Powerful toolkit
diagnostic, firmware upgrade, security erase.
z Friendly system optimization for operating system and SSD.
z OS Support: Win XP/Win7/Win8/Win8
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24. (1)Bad blocks Info
(2)Drive Life Info
(3)Temperature
(4)Erase count
(5)Wear leveling factor
(6)TWB
IPC
Open API
FW
ADATA Open API
Linux / Windows API
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25. SSD Lifetime Projection
ADATA 128GB SSD Life Left
1 15 29 43 57 71 85 99 113 127 141 155 169 183 197 211 225 239 253 267 281 295 309 323 337 351 365
WAF 3 3K P/E NAND20GB WPD
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Date
¾ Calculated from the formula applied with advanced SMART attributes
¾ Integrate Toolbox or Open API for Drive-Management
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26. Secure Partition
Content of SSD can be protected by password for different secure level
requirements.
SSD can be partitioned into several partitions. Each partition can be one
of below three secure functions.
Normal Partition
ROM Partition
No protection for read and write
Read only partition, write function is
protected by password
Locked Partition User could not read or write without
password
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27. A+SLC: Reliable and Competitive NAND solution
™A+SLC technology delivers higher reliability, performance and competitive
cost for customer.
™Users who have cost budget, but need near SLC solution can consider
A+SLC to get similar experience.
NAND
Type Reliability Performance Endurance Cost Capacity
SLC Very High 200% Very High
(60k) Very High SPEC
A+SLC Near SLC >150% High
(At Least 9K) Low ½ SPEC
MLC Typical 100% Low(3K) Low SPEC
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28. Power Loss Protection (PLP)
Level 1
Level 1.2 Level 2
FW
FAT
FW
FAT
FW
FAT
FW
FAT
Write Protect on Flash
True PLP Function
FW, Voltage Detect, PolymerCap
Copies of FW and FAT Copies of FW and FAT Copies of FW and FAT
‹ Committed data will be lost. ‹ Committed data will be lost. ‹ Committed data will be safe.
‹ Consumer Application ‹ Consumer Application ‹ Server and Industrial
application
FW
FAT
FW
FAT
FW
FAT
FW
FAT
FW
FAT
FW
FAT
FW
FAT
FW
FAT
HW detect abnormal power
drop and inform controller.
FW stops all process and
backup all data in buffer.
FW finish backup process and
ready for power-off
Intel DC3500 ADATA ISSS312
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ADATA SSD Advantage
Wafer Testing and Packaging
• Dedicated engineering of wafer testing and packaging provides high
quality and cost competitive solution for customers.
Memory Component Testing
• In-house flash sorting technology guarantees the product quality which
is approved by ODM/OEM/Server/Mobile customers.
Product Design & F/W Customization
• ADATA product development team are familiar with NAND flash
technology and can deliver excellent solution.
Automatic Manufacturing & Testing
• All product are manufactured & tested automatically. Quality is highly
improved and shipment is guaranteed as well.
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30. SATA SSD
ADATA Industrial SSD
SATA DOM
Flash Memory Cards
USB Flash Module
2014/7/22 Updated HW PLP Support 30
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31. SATA III PCIe
PSSD
2.5” mSATA M.2 M.2 2.5”
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ADATA Commercial & ODM/OEM SSD
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ADATA Strategy Suppliers
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33. Dell Titan 14
Sony VAIO Series
HP SPECTRE X1
HP Elitebook 9470m
ASUS Zenbook Series
HP Moonshot
WD Black 2
Intel NUC
TCG-OPAL
ADATA Strategy Partners
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