Marvell

NATIVE PCIe SSD

Introducing the 88NV9145, the world's first modularly scalable native PCIe-to-NAND controller.

88NV9145 Features

As the first fully native PCIe-to-NAND flash controller, the Marvell 88NV9145 delivers the highest level of I/O performance from NAND flash directly to host processors via a native PCIe interface, eliminating unnecessary SAS or SATA conversion.

88NV9145 Specifications
PCIe
  • PCIe x Gen 2.0 x1 endpoint (5Gbps)
  • Support multi-function
  • Function 0 – AHCI
  • Function 1 – Marvell NAND HCI
  • Function 2 – NVMHCI
  • Supports Message Signal Interrupts (MSI)
  • Integrated power management
NAND Flash
  • 8-bit NAND data interface supporting SLC, MLC and TLC NAND flash
  • Support 4 channels of NAND flash device with up to 4 Chip Select per channel
  • Supports ONFI 2.2 up to mode 5 (100MHz) for ONFI source synchronous mode (200MB/s per channel)
  • ONFI and Toggle mode NAND support
  • Full ECC protection
OS Drivers
  • Linux Reference Driver
  • AHCI Inbox Driver
  • Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface (NVMHCI)
Engines and Other Features
  • Integrated DMA engines
  • Enhanced ECC engine
  • Integrated on-chip wear leveling algorithm
  • Flexible sequencer programming model for optimal performance
Processor
  • Embedded Marvell FeroceonTM 88FR321 V5TE CPU Core (ARM946-Compatible)
  • Integrated ITCM and DTCM
  • Integrated 32-bit 16-entry Write Buffer
  • Support JTAG interface
Peripheral Interface
  • External DDR/DDR2
  • Support external SPI flash memory
  • Integrated UART to access device registers
  • 8-bit GPIO
  • JTAG interface
RAID
  • Volume Manager on Linux Reference Driver
  • Provides ability to aggregate multiple 88NV9145 modules into a single volume and optimize performance by load balancing across modules
Maximum NAND Flash Capacity
  • 64GB SLC NAND Flash per module
  • 128GB MLC NAND Flash per module
I/O Operations Per Second (IOPS) Performance
  • 93K IOPS 4K Random Reads per module
  • 70K IOPS 4K Random Writes per module
Latency
  • ‹ 50 microseconds response time
Packaging and Power
  • 289-pin TFGA package
  • Estimate power consumption ‹ 0.8W

Product Documentation

Featured Document

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Native PCIe SSD Controllers: Read how the 88NV9145 solves for limitations faced by existing bridge and FPGA-based PCIe SSDs.

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