LSI SandForce SF3700 Announced: SATA III and PCIe Native to up to 1800MBs

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The new SF3700 controller's design is for both consumer and enterprise products much like SF-1000 and SF-2000. Early on, we expect to see enterprise products demoed first but in the end, consumer drives may hit the market first due to the long validation period for enterprise products.

 

 

 

 

One controller to rule them all, the new SF3700 is a modular design with registers for features that manufactures can enable or disable. The modular design is also the basis for future products. If a few front-end interface is required, LSI can simply design a new interface and mate it to the core architecture. This reduces time to market for next generation products.

 

 

 

 

The SSD market has been quiet for the last year other than a few NGFF announcements. SATA III, the brick wall standard for SSDs today has hampered performance. LSI's new SF3700 controller removes the bottleneck and opens the door for current and future flash to deliver higher performance.

 

 

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[nsyedhasan]

All the dollars! So this is only the controller?

[wng_kingsley7]

Asus Raidr need Linus to do an unboxing of this PCIE SSD, and that server picture below it. It Linus's home server haha

[Sidiox]

We need SATA gen 4 now. Or lower price PCI cards. Better controllers are nice, but as long as they don't improve the random reads it doesn't matter. Most SSD's fill the bandwith of SATA 3 easy in tests, it is the IOPS and Random reads that are being left behind

[Glenwing]

We need SATA gen 4 now. Or lower price PCI cards. Better controllers are nice, but as long as they don't improve the random reads it doesn't matter. Most SSD's fill the bandwith of SATA 3 easy in tests, it is the IOPS and Random reads that are being left behind

SATA Express is close to market.

[Sidiox]

SATA Express is close to market.

Completly forgot about that one. That is indeed also a very viable option. Lets just hope for good prices, like new tech always has........ And I would love better IOPS

[hiyayhi]

Cool, I guess. I love SSD's but for me, spending an extra 100 - 200 dollars on things that will actually given me a tangibly better gaming experience has always been top priority.

And when I have bought an SSD, it was DOA...

[Sidiox]

Cool, I guess. I love SSD's but for me, spending an extra 100 - 200 dollars on things that will actually given me a tangibly better gaming experience has always been top priority.

And when I have bought an SSD, it was DOA...

I bought an SSD and I love the speed of it. I get really good startup times and software starts in the blink of an eye. Also with BF4 maps load really fast. I love it and I don't think I wasted money on it

[ForsakenLive]

SATA Express is close to market.

Anandtech stated that this is not true on their Intel 530 review they pretty much explained why is sata 6gbps still going to be the main conector for a while, even for high tier stuff. And somewhat I agree...

Why don't we spam the manufacturers home pages and tell them we want 12gbps SAS consumer SSDs, and SAS ready gaming motherboards! 

[hiyayhi]

I bought an SSD and I love the speed of it. I get really good startup times and software starts in the blink of an eye. Also with BF4 maps load really fast. I love it and I don't think I wasted money on it

Yeh, I know they aren't a waste of money but I prefer being able to spend the extra bucks on my system, instead of getting a r9 280x I might get a 290.

[Stonep11]

Asus Raidr need Linus to do an unboxing of this PCIE SSD, and that server picture below it. It Linus's home server haha

I haven't really seen any good reviews on the RAIDR, it to performs well, but not for the price compared to just 2 SSDs in RAID 0. It does look good though.

[zeros]

Linus should do a review of this .