SoC Platform Lets NAND Flash Ride PCI Express

The FlashPoint system-on-chip (SoC) platform offers a complete system design for providing a PCI Express interface to high-performance NAND flash memory. The platform employs a sophisticated design configuration engine that enables the system to be tuned for optimal performance with differentiating features for a range of products including PC cache modules, solid state drives, and ExpressCard devices. It provides a hardware design, software stack, all necessary drivers, and includes support for the emerging Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface (NVMHCI) standard. FlashPoint also supports a wide range of flash devices from various memory vendors including devices that conform to the specifications developed by the Open NAND Flash Interface Working Group. DENALI SOFTWARE INC., Palo Alto, CA. (650) 461-7200.