环球网链接：助力数字经济安全发展，芯盛智能步步为营
As one of the cores of the digital economy, the SSD and memory market has ushered in a huge market space, but also to unlock new challenges and issues. Under the tide of countries around the world vigorously pursuing the digital industrial chain security and supply chain resilience, enhancing the independent innovation capability and improving security in the field of SSD and memory to "escort" the digital economy is not only a key indicator to measure how far enterprises can go, but also a compulsory course to enable the healthy development of China's digital economy.
In this field, the leading solid-state storage controller chip and solution provider — XITC, since its establishment, has been committed to the design and development of self-developed controller chips, launched a number of master control chips, security chips, solid-state storage products and data storage solutions, and constantly strengthen the security fortress. In many industries and fields, the cumulative shipment has reached one million pieces, and has been widely recognized and affirmed by customers.
To explore the cultivation road of XITC, it may be hidden in the struggle to overcome difficulties, deep cultivation, hidden in the persistence of diligence and sweat, hidden in the grinding of step by step and steady.
Constantly update the main control chip and SSD frequency brush record
In the all-encompassing digital industry, the deepening integration needs and emerging application development have contributed to the "surging" demand for SSD and memory localization.
With the continuous acceleration of network security deployment, traction products are expanding from computing to storage, and autonomous controllable requirements are gradually extending from the whole machine to the device and IP, putting forward higher requirements for the storage industry.
In addition, the trend of automobile "new four modernizations" intelligent, electrification, networking and sharing is also guiding the in-vehicle storage revolution. It is expected that by 2025, China's intelligent cars will exceed 20 million units, and high-speed and large-capacity solid-state storage will become the mainstream choice in the in-vehicle market. Data statistics, of which UFS demand reached 22 million pieces, eMMC reached 131 million pieces, the total space of more than 30 billion yuan.
In this regard, solid-state storage into thousands of industries will bring diversified product demand, such as high reliability, low power consumption, high security, miniaturization, intelligence, cloud collaboration, not only is a new opportunity for the Chinese industry, but also for the development of domestic master chip, SSD and storage products to create new business opportunities.
As one of the three components of SSD, the master chip design needs to master the methods to improve bandwidth and efficiency, reduce latency, reduce power consumption, and ensure the security of stored data. XITC aims high, at the beginning of its establishment, high play, the standard giant, not only focuses on the development of the industry needs, the launch of PCIe controller chips, SATA controller chips, eMMC controller chips, but also on the road to localization, more than.
From the perspective of the timeline, the main control chip of XITC is constantly refreshing records: in December 2018, the first SATA3.0 controller chip was launched; In April 2020, launched the first PCIe3.0 solid-state memory controller chip with additional code security; In July 2022, the world's first 12nm dual-mode SSD controller chip based on RISC-V architecture was launched, with PCIe4.0x4 high-speed interface and SATA3.0 enterprise-class interface, designed according to commercial cryptographic secondary specifications, greatly improving the security of data storage, achieving a breakthrough in the field of original control from 0 to 1.
In the field of solid state drives, XITC also actively layout and attack. 2020 launch of desktop SSD based on PCIe 3.0 controller chip; In 2022, three series of industrial grade, enterprise grade and secure SSD will be released. Not long ago, the "2023 Innovation Top List" was announced, and XITC DS2130 wide temperature SSD won the "Excellent Product" award. In addition, XITC also recently released high-performance PCIe SSD EP2000Pro, MP2000Pro and EP3000 based on RISC-V open source architecture master chip.
DS2130 is equipped with XITC self-developed SATA3.0 master, using 128-layer 3D TLC flash memory particle, combined with XITC's unique Xtra-SLC particle application technology, with industry-leading stability, reliability and compatibility, is the network security, base stations, industrial switches, gateways and other industries customers choice.
EP2000Pro is equipped with XITC self-developed PCIe3.0 master control, using 3D TLC NAND, with PCIe3.0 x 4 high-speed interface, sequential read and write up to 3500/3300MBps, capacity from 256GB to 2TB are covered, with ultra-high read and write, stable performance has been recognized by customers. It is the first choice in the desktop office field.
The three products such as MP2000Pro not only have excellent performance, but also are fully compatible with 3D TLC and QLC particles, and are compatible with domestic mainstream CPU, OS, and machine manufacturers, which can bring safe and efficient data storage experience to customers, fully demonstrating the determination and confidence of XITC to actively promote the development of the industry.
EP3000 is equipped with PCIe4.0 master control based on RISC-V open source architecture, 3D TLC NAND, with PCIE4.0x 4 high-speed interface, sequential read/write up to 5000/4700MBps, 4K random read/write up to 650K/700K IOPS. The capacity ranges from 512GB to 2TB, and features such as ultra-high read/write, high security, and strong compatibility.
Continuous R&D investment is committed to creating a full-stack storage solution
Behind the record set by XITC, it highlights the strong strength of XITC's elite team, continuous investment and patent layout.
It is reported that XITC absorbed the industry's elite and strong, carried out a global network marketing layout, R & D personnel accounted for more than 70%, doctor/master and other senior talents 100+. Moreover, Xinsheng Intelligent has continued to increase investment in research and development, with a total investment of more than 800 million yuan since 2018, setting a new benchmark in the industry.
At the patent level, XITC focuses on creating a three-dimensional protection system for intellectual property rights in patents, trademarks, soft materials, layout and other aspects; Nurture high-value patent portfolios by embedding end-to-end R&D processes; Deeply related to the market, the layout of strong basic protection, forward-looking protection of patents, and the construction of patent technical barriers; Scientific planning of PCT, Madrid trademark deployment, the formation of global intellectual property. At present, it has 82 patents, 59 trademarks, 3 layout designs of integrated circuits, and 15 Copyrights of computer software.
Especially in the direction of building storage security, although it is easier to know than to do, XITC chooses to work step by step: to build core capabilities in the three key areas of chip, firmware and core IP; It is supported by an ecological and supply system of sustainable evolution and independent development.
It is reported that XITC in the firmware, around the address translation, wear balance, error correction and other technologies; In the core IP field, a large amount of research and development investment, has been mass produced 10+ storage controller chip key self-developed IP, including protocol control, interface, algorithm, management, cryptography; On this basis, launched five categories of more than 20 storage products, covering the data center, edge computing, industrial control, consumer terminals, vehicle electronics and other industry-wide scenarios.
Not only in the core areas to build an independent and controllable "moat", to build a sustainable evolution, independent development of the ecological and supply system.
It has also become a compulsory course for XITC. Through continuous industry experience accumulation, has formed a fruitful: In terms of ecology, with self-developed and RISC-V open source architecture as the basis, XITC actively carries out product compatibility and adaptation with mainstream CPU, OS, BIOS, whole machine and server manufacturers, and has said that the overall performance of XITC national SSD products is good, stable operation, excellent performance, all-platform compatibility, and has obvious advantages; In terms of industry, XITC, as a member of the Accounting Association, jointly wrote the "Global Flash Storage Technology and Industry Development Research Report" with the head of solid state storage enterprises and well-known universities such as Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Shandong University, Beijing Institute of Technology, and participated in the preparation of the group standard of "Information Technology Solid State Disk Classification Technical Specification". Actively promote the development of independent ecological standardization of storage.
We will improve our industrial and ecological systems through innovation and upgrading
After winning one victory after another, facing the future, XITC still continues to cultivate and build a more ambitious goal. For cloud storage, edge storage, terminal storage and other different needs, Xinsheng intelligence will continue to expand around enterprise, industrial, desktop, vehicle, security SSD.
On the one hand, it will continue to improve the chip layout, aiming at the two major markets in the field of innovation and automotive, SSD master to SATA3.0, PCIe 3.0, PCIe4.0, continue to launch solid-state storage products, and to PCIe 5.0, PCIe 6.0; Vehicle/embedded products focus on eMMC5.1, UFS3.1, UFS4.0 and other vehicle regulation products.
Facing the strong demand for in-vehicle storage products, XITC also believes that the future car is an action computer system, UFS in terms of performance advantages is the inevitable trend of in-vehicle storage, will be dedicated to the launch of self-developed vehicle regulation 2 controller chip, to further occupy the in-vehicle storage highland.
On the other hand, software is also a challenge that must be overcome. XITC will continue to make efforts in the general management software of the end side solution, the device management software of the edge cloud solution, the diagnostic tool software of the operation and maintenance solution, and the office data asset protection solution required by the data security solution.
In the future, XITC will continue to increase investment in research and development, comprehensively establish standards and specifications for the whole process of chip, firmware, hardware and application research and development, deepen cooperation with key raw material suppliers, and constantly promote innovation and upgrading of the storage industry.
Under such a grand idea, a storage industry to create a "big cycle", three-layer three-dimensional ecosystem has been called out, namely: first, the standard ecosystem: with storage technology partners to build storage technology standards; The second is the industrial ecosystem: build information technology ecology and interoperability standards with CPU, OS, BIOS, middleware, database, etc. The third is the customer ecosystem: with well-known car manufacturers, machine manufacturers, equipment manufacturers to build storage application standards and ecology.
In the future, XITC will continue to deepen the solid-state storage market, actively launch solid-state storage products fully equipped with its own core, provide high-quality safe storage experience for thousands of industries, and become the best partner towards the era of digital economy.
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