Seagate and samsung established the flash memory chip and controller supply relationship. Nicholas analyst Aaron ray, Banks have and Seagate high-level negotiations and collect some information:
In 2013, Seagate will update its SATA and SAS SSD drive product series, and the joint development with samsung controller technology. In addition, I also know that the company will be in 2013 launched its first plan of multilayer unit PCIe solid hard disk.
At present Seagate have introduced fast single unit (SLC) hard disk Pulsar XT and Pulsar. 2 multiple unit solid hard disk. It recently on the usb flash disk aspects of action also includes investment controller BensBits company, the company's technology is slow, the life short TLC (each unit 3 bits) flash live longer.
A year ago, Seagate bought samsung hard business, as westen acquisition Hitachi response, and finally make Seagate realize the leaping development, has become the leader of hard disk market income. Seagate and westen are aware of, high performance data access market is from high speed hard disk market isolated, into a high-end pure usb flash disk market and ZhongDiDuan mixed hard disk (SSHD) market. For Seagate and westen speaking, usb flash disk is the most growth prospects of the business. Of course, this is only last year, Seagate are making efforts, realize the development of different.
Seagate going to set foot in application to the server PCIe flash memory card field, this kind of practice logical. We note that samsung has begun to investment PCIe server flash memory card market leader Fusion - IO, this will make it and Seagate relationship became very interesting. PCIe flash memory card product competition is very fierce, Seagate to join will make major manufacturers war intensified.