Indilinx
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Indilinx, Inc. is a South Korea
n-based solid-state drive
(SSD) controller manufacturer. Their R&D Head Office is in South Korea, and their Business Headquarters is in California
. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of OCZ Technology
.
Indilinx's main product, as of Q3, 2009, is their Barefoot Flash controller hardware and software for solid state drives, which is used by many major SSD manufacturers.
With the SATA
2 data transfer protocol increasingly proving to be the bottleneck
for SSD performance, Indilinx is working on a new SSD controller named Jet Stream supporting the upcoming SATA 3 protocol.
, South Korea
. In December 2006 Indilinx was certified as a venture company by the KIBO Technology Fund. In February 2007 they moved to their Advanced Technology Research Center in Seangnam City, South Korea.
In March 2011, OCZ acquired Indilinx Co., Ltd, a privately held fabless provider of flash controller silicon and software for SSDs. OCZ gained intellectual property including approximately 20 patents and patent applications related to the business, for approximately $32 million of OCZ common stock. Following its acquisition, Indilinx will continue to produce and supply its line of controller products to SSD manufacturers and OEMs on a global basis. The Indilinx controller business, and its 45 employees, will remain intact under the leadership of Bumsoo Kim, the founder and President of Indilinx, and Hyunmo Chung, Indilinx's Chief Technology Officer.
-based SATA controller used in numerous high performance SSDs. It has gained attention because drives based on this controller are approximately competitive with the Intel X25-M, while boasting generally lower prices and greater retail availability. TRIM support
is available for almost all drives, with appropriate firmware released by respective drive manufacturers. Performance, cost, and features are broadly similar across all product lines that were tested in a comprehensive review by Anandtech
, with most differences coming down to the speed of the flash chips chosen for each product line/batch.
Drives from the following product lines contain the Indilinx Barefoot controller:
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n-based solid-state drive
Solid-state drive
A solid-state drive , sometimes called a solid-state disk or electronic disk, is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data with the intention of providing access in the same manner of a traditional block i/o hard disk drive...
(SSD) controller manufacturer. Their R&D Head Office is in South Korea, and their Business Headquarters is in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of OCZ Technology
OCZ Technology
OCZ Technology is a manufacturer of computer hardware based in San Jose, California, USA. Since entering the memory market in 2002, OCZ has targeted its products primarily at the computer hardware enthusiast market, first producing performance DDR RAM, Video Cards, USB drives, and various Cooling...
.
Indilinx's main product, as of Q3, 2009, is their Barefoot Flash controller hardware and software for solid state drives, which is used by many major SSD manufacturers.
With the SATA
Serial ATA
Serial ATA is a computer bus interface for connecting host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives...
2 data transfer protocol increasingly proving to be the bottleneck
Bottleneck
A bottleneck is a phenomenon where the performance or capacity of an entire system is limited by a single or limited number of components or resources. The term bottleneck is taken from the 'assets are water' metaphor. As water is poured out of a bottle, the rate of outflow is limited by the width...
for SSD performance, Indilinx is working on a new SSD controller named Jet Stream supporting the upcoming SATA 3 protocol.
History
Indilinx was established on October 19, 2006 by Bumsoo Kim, Guiyoung Lee, and Hyunmo Chung. Their first office was in BundangBundang
Bundang is the southernmost district of Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. In addition to being the most populous part of the city, it also has the status of being one of the wealthiest regions in Gyeonggi Province...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. In December 2006 Indilinx was certified as a venture company by the KIBO Technology Fund. In February 2007 they moved to their Advanced Technology Research Center in Seangnam City, South Korea.
In March 2011, OCZ acquired Indilinx Co., Ltd, a privately held fabless provider of flash controller silicon and software for SSDs. OCZ gained intellectual property including approximately 20 patents and patent applications related to the business, for approximately $32 million of OCZ common stock. Following its acquisition, Indilinx will continue to produce and supply its line of controller products to SSD manufacturers and OEMs on a global basis. The Indilinx controller business, and its 45 employees, will remain intact under the leadership of Bumsoo Kim, the founder and President of Indilinx, and Hyunmo Chung, Indilinx's Chief Technology Officer.
Indilinx Barefoot
The Indilinx Barefoot is an ARMARM architecture
ARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by ARM Holdings. It was named the Advanced RISC Machine, and before that, the Acorn RISC Machine. The ARM architecture is the most widely used 32-bit ISA in numbers produced...
-based SATA controller used in numerous high performance SSDs. It has gained attention because drives based on this controller are approximately competitive with the Intel X25-M, while boasting generally lower prices and greater retail availability. TRIM support
TRIM (SSD command)
In computing, a TRIM command allows an operating system to inform a solid-state drive which blocks of data are no longer considered in use and can be wiped internally. While TRIM is frequently spelled in capital letters, it is not an acronym; it is merely a command name.TRIM was introduced soon...
is available for almost all drives, with appropriate firmware released by respective drive manufacturers. Performance, cost, and features are broadly similar across all product lines that were tested in a comprehensive review by Anandtech
AnandTech
AnandTech is an online computer hardware magazine. It was founded in 1997 by then 15-year-old Anand Lal Shimpi, who is the current editor-in-chief and CEO. The web site is recommended as a good resource of hardware reviews for off-the-shelf components addressed to computer building enthusiasts...
, with most differences coming down to the speed of the flash chips chosen for each product line/batch.
Drives from the following product lines contain the Indilinx Barefoot controller:
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