LSI Sandforce 3700 series

This was all over the web today. LSI, which acquired Sandforce (last year IIRC), is introducing a new controller to replace the Sandforce 22** series. Major improvements will be onboard the new chip and partners are lined up to test/integrate/produce new products for both SATA and PCIe based storage applications next year. Notebook, enterprise, consumers, yes, come one, come all. Next year should be very interesting for storage:

http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/Flash Storage Processors/LSI-PB-SF3700-Family.pdf

Looks nice. Wonder how it will compete with samsungs latest offerings. If nothing else I hope this makes PCIe SSDs more reasonably priced.

I think we will see some of the new SSD soon:
http://www.techpowerup.com/194842/kingston-to-preview-sandforce-sf3700-powered-ssds-at-ais-2013.html

With some luck I will get something for tests from Kingston.

A few makers will be debuting that controller at CES... more coverage in a couple months.