Active-Semi, Inc. together with Silicon Motion Technology Corporation and Shannon Systems (en.shannon-sys.com) today announced a total solution available for the SSD market, using the ACT8870 5V power management IC and the highly customized controller from SMI.
“The ACT8870 IC is a highly flexible PMIC that integrates four DC/DC buck regulators and three LDO regulators. Reducing system footprint with additional integration of an I2C serial interface, the ACT8870 decreases PCB costs and time to market for our customers,” says David Briggs, Vice-President and General Manager.
“The highly integrated ACT8870, in combination with Silicon Motion’s SSD controller, enables Shannon Systems to provide solid-state drives that are more reliable, lower power and streamlined for a smaller form factor,” says DK Lin, Project Manager at Shannon Systems. “This also allows us to meet our business performance demands of higher concurrency and input/output operations per second (IOPS).”
“With the ACT8870, we were able to reduce the system cost, product development cycle and overall solution space in order to meet the demands of our customers like Shannon Systems,” says Tsai-Fa Liu, Assistant Manager at Silicon Motion.
The ACT8870 expands Active-Semi’s power management family of devices addressing the needs of low-power and portable applications. It works seamlessly with the SM2246, SM2258, SM2260 and other customized controllers.
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