Microchip Launches New Generation Flashtec NVMe 5016 SSD Controller

TapTechNews August 7th news, Microchip locally announced on the 5th of this month the launch of the new-generation Flashtec NVMe 5016 data center-class solid-state drive controller. This controller supports PCIe 5.0 and can be configured as a single x4 port or a dual x2 port mode.

The Flashtec NVMe 5016 is equipped with 16 independent flash channels, compatible with various NAND flashes from SLC to QLC, supporting up to 3200 MT/s flash interface rate, and in terms of external cache, it supports up to 4 Ranks of DDR5-5200.

This controller can achieve a sequential read rate of 14 GB/s, and the random read is also as high as 3500 KIOPS, and only requires 1 W of power to support a transmission rate of more than 2.5 GB/s, which can provide higher bandwidth with lower energy consumption.

The new controller of Microchip also complies with the NVMe 2.0+ protocol and supports advanced features such as ZNS (TapTechNews note: Zoned Namespace) and FDP (Flexible Data Placement), which can further reduce the Write Amplification Factor WAF.

Pete Hazen, vice president of Microchip's Data Center Solutions Business Unit, said:

Data center technologies must keep up with the times in order to keep up with the significant development of AI and ML. Our fifth-generation Flashtec NVMe controller is designed to lead the market and meet the growing demand for high-performance and power-optimized solid-state drives.

The NVMe 5016 Flashtec PCIe controller can be deployed in the data center to promote effective and secure cloud computing and mission-critical business applications.