SM2246EN

2015 was a great year for SSD controller designer Silicon Motion. Their SM2246EN controller was at the heart of some of the best mainstream and value SATA SSDs, while their DRAM-less SM2246XT and their TLC-compatible SM2256 each had several design wins for even more affordable SSDs. At CES, Silicon Motion showed off their full range of products and shared some of their plans to stay competitive through 2016. The most important development for the SSD market in 2016 will almost certainly be the availability of 3D NAND from companies other than Samsung (who's been shipping 3D NAND since 2014 and will be rolling out their third generation of it this year). Silicon Motion has updated their firmware for the SM2246EN controller to support 3D MLC...