PCIe NVMe FerriSSD®
Single-Chip SSD
As AI transforms industries such as AIoT, smart cities, smart healthcare, smart retail, industrial automation, and automotive, the demand for high-performance, low-power, and reliable BGA SSDs has become critical. FerriSSD, powered by Silicon Motion’s IntelligentSeries™ technologies, provides a robust storage solution designed for mission-critical AI applications, delivering enhanced data integrity, endurance, and security in even the most demanding environments.
Specifically engineered for industrial and automotive use, FerriSSD supports PCIe Gen 4 x4 and integrates high-density 3D NAND into a compact 16mm x 20mm BGA package. It offers up to 1TB of storage, with read speeds exceeding 6GB/s and write speeds over 4GB/s, ensuring reliable, high-performance data processing. These capabilities make FerriSSD ideal for AI applications where performance, reliability, and security are essential.
With extended temperature support and flexible storage capacities, FerriSSD is optimised for a wide range of applications. Its easy integration accelerates deployment, while its compact design, combining proven controller technology, NAND flash, and passive components, simplifies system design and reduces time-to-market, while addressing NAND migration challenges.
FerriSSD also delivers enterprise-grade data integrity and reliability through Silicon Motion’s proprietary NANDXtend® ECC technology and end-to-end data protection. It supports secure remote firmware updates to ensure continuous system security, while its built-in SR-IOV capability provides greater flexibility and scalability, maintaining robust security across applications.
End to End Data Path Protection
SMI’s PCIe NVMe FerriSSDs incorporate full data error detection with recovery engines to provide enhanced data integrity throughout the entire Host-to-NAND-to-Host data path. The PCIe NVMe FerriSSD® data recovery algorithm can effectively detect any error in the SSD data path, including hardware (i.e. ASIC) errors, firmware errors and memory errors arising in SRAM, DRAM or NAND.
Conventional SSDs employ standard BCH and RS ECC (error correction coding) engines for initiate first-level correction using NAND shift-read-retries. In addition to this first-level error correction, PCIe NVMe FerriSSDs also implement a highly efficient second-level correction scheme using an LDPC (low-density parity check) code and a Group page RAID algorithm (a highly efficient redundant backup) to reduce potential dPPM at customer site while extending the service life of SSD.
IntelligentScan and DataRefresh to Enhance Data Integrity
SMI’s proprietary IntelligentScan function will activate automatically to scan recharge, repair or retire the cell block (DataRefresh) according to the host behavior and working environment (eg. ambient temperature). As a result of the combination of IntelligentScan and DataRefresh, PCIe NVMe FerriSSD® can effective prolong its service life much beyond typical NAND specifications.
Why Use FerriSSD
Easy to use
Plug & Play only requires format/fdisk prior to use .Small footprint for space-limited design
Lower total cost of ownership
Rugged & Reliable (no moving parts)
Eliminate requalification cost from NAND generation change
Cost saving with flexible TLC/MLC/SLC modes, configurable capacities.
Eliminate down time
Support S.M.A.R.T. and advanced SSD Telemetry logging features
IntelligentScan with DataRefresh for Data integrity enhancement
Full End-to-End data path protection with recovery algorithms
SMI’s 4th generation LDPC ECC engine with Group Page RAID
Remote firmware update available via secured digital signature