全球科技领域的主要代表上周齐聚圣何塞会展中心,共同谛听今年年度电子创新 (ACE) 大奖花落谁家。 此项久负盛名的赛事由杰出的电子工程杂志 EDN 和 EE Times 共同组织,重点奖励过往 12 个月推向市场的非常具有创新品质的产品,以及非常具有前瞻意识的高层领导和非常有潜力的创业公司。 由杂志的编辑团队和多位备受尊敬的独立评委组成的评审团,将参与选择每个分类的大奖得主。
The 88NV1160 high performance controller for non-volatile memory express (NVMe), which was introduced by Marvell earlier this year, fought off tough competition from companies like Diodes Inc. and Cypress Semiconductor to win the coveted Logic/Interface/Memory category. Marvell gained two further nominations at the awards - with 98PX1012 Prestera PX Passive Intelligent Port Extender (PIPE) also being featured in the Logic/Interface/Memory category, while the 88W8987xA automotive wireless combo SoC was among those cited in the Automotive category.
88NV1160 NVMe 固态硬盘 (SSD) 控制器专门设计用于下一代简化便携式计算设备(例如高端平板电脑和超级本),可以提供 1600MB/s 读取速度,同时保持这些设备运行所需的极低能耗 (<1.2W)。 以 28nm 低能耗 CMOS 处理为基础,每个控制器 IC 都内嵌配置双核 400MHz Arm® Cortex®-R5 处理器。
通过与主机存储缓冲技术的配合,88NV1160 表现出大大低于同类竞争产品的延迟率。 正是这一点支持该设备极大提高了读取速度。 By utilizing its embedded SRAM, the controller does not need to rely on an external DRAM memory - thereby simplifying the memory controller implementation. 并最终大幅减少所需的主板空间,同时降低了产品的总体物料清单成本。
88NV1160 特有的 NANDEdge™ 低密度奇偶校验纠错功能提高了 SSD 的耐久度,确保最终产品在整个使用寿命期间,都能维持长期的系统可靠性。 该控制器内置 256 位 AES 加密引擎,能够保证所存储元数据的安全性,使其不因潜在的安全漏洞而遭到攻击。 除此之外,这些无 DRAM 的 IC 外形非常紧凑,因而非常有利于实现多芯片封装的集成。
现在客户都希望他们的便携式电子设备能够具备更多的计算资源,这样才可以使用大量令人垂涎的新上市软件应用;充分利用基于云的服务,享受增强现实和游戏的乐趣。 在提供此类功能的同时,此类设备产品需要能够支持更长的电池使用时间,减少充电次数,如此方能进一步提高用户所得到的使用体验。 客户需要先进的 IC 在具备强大处理能力的同时优化能耗水平,而 88NV1160 正好满足了这种需求。
"We're excited to honor this robust group for their dedication to their craft and efforts in bettering the industry for years to come," said Nina Brown, Vice President of Events at UBM Americas. "The judging panel was given the difficult task of selecting winners from an incredibly talented group of finalists and we'd like to thank all of those participants for their amazing work and also honor their achievements. These awards aim to shine a light on the best in today's electronics realm and this group is the perfect example of excellence within both an important and complex industry."