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OCZ Technology Group, a leading maker of solid-state drive and the owner of Indilinx, a designer of SSD controllers, has introduced a new-generation of SSD controller platform. The new Indilinx Everest sully supports Serial ATA-600 capabilities, up to 1TB of storage per controller as well as triple-level cell (or three bits per cell, 3bpc) NAND flash memory for next-generation of solid-state drives.

It is not a secret that modern 2bpc NAND flash memory produced using the latest 20nm-class process technologies wears out quicker than 2bpc flash made at 30nm-class nodes as it has lower amount of write cycles. To tackle the problem, developers of SSDs have to use special controllers and firmware that take that peculiarity into account and can ensure that solid-state drives can work without data losses for years. The 3bpc NAND flash memory logically has even lower amount of write cycles, which is why even better controllers and robust firmware are needed to provide the same level of quality and performance as expected from a storage device.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage...ontroller.html

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