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Meet Silicon Motion's new flash agnostic controller
Subject: Storage | March 3, 2015 - 06:16 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: tlc, ssd, SM2256, slc, silicon motion
You may remember the Silicon Motion SM2256 SSD controller that Al reported on during CES this year, even if you do not you should be interested in a controller which can work with 1x/1y/1z nm TLC NAND from any manufacturer on the market. The SSD Review managed to get a prototype which uses the new SM2256 controller, Samsung's 19nm TLC planar NAND flash and a Hynix 440Mhz 256MB DDR3 DRAM chip. In benchmarking they saw 548MB/s sequential reads and 484MB/s writes, with 4K slowing down to 38MB/s for read and 110MB/s for write. Check out the rest of the review here as well as keeping your eyes peeled for our first review of the new controller.
"Controllers are the heart and soul of every SSD. Without one, an SSD would be a useless PCB with some components slapped on it. It is responsible for everything from garbage collection and wear leveling to error correction and hardware encryption. In simple terms, all these operations can be quite complicated to implement as well as expensive to develop."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Crucial's BX100 and MX200 @ The Tech Report
- Crucial MX200 250 GB @ techPowerUp
- Crucial BX100 SSD @ HardwareHeaven
- OCZ ARC 100 480GB SSD Review @ NikKTech
- Thecus W4000 WSS NAS @ Kitguru
- WD My Cloud DL4100 Business NAS Review @ Techgage
- ASUSTOR AS7010T NAS Server Review @ NikKTech
- SilverStone TS431S 4-Bay miniSAS DAS Storage Tower @ eTeknix
Samsung Promises Another Fix for 840 EVO Slow Down Issue
Subject: Storage | February 20, 2015 - 06:21 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: tlc, ssd, Samsung, 840 evo
CES 2015: Silicon Motion SM2256 seen in action, capable of hybrid TLC/SLC caching
Subject: Storage, Shows and Expos | January 8, 2015 - 01:17 AM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: CES, ces 2015, silicon motion, SM2256, ssd, tlc, slc
We first saw the Silicon Motion SM2256 controller at Flash Memory Summit, but now we've seen it live, in action, and driving several different types of TLC NAND.
Silicon Motion had this live demo running on a testbed at their suite:
The performance looked very good considering the 2256 is designed to efficiently push TLC flash, which is slower than MLC. As their representative was explaining that the SM2256 is currently being tested with Samsung, Toshiba, and SK Hynix TLC flash, I noticed the HDTune write trace:
Those familiar with HDTune and Samsung SSDs with Samsung's TurboWrite cache (from the 840/850 EVO) will recognize the above - the SSD begins writing at SLC speed and after that cache is full, the SSD then drops to writing at TLC speed. I specifically asked about this, as we've only Samsung flash provisioned with an SLC portion of each die, and the answer was that Toshiba and SK Hynix TLC flash also supports such a subdivision. This is good news, as it means increased competition from competing SSDs that can accomplish the same SLC burst writes as the Samsung EVO series.
We heard from a few vendors that will soon be launching SM2256 equipped SSDs this year, and we eagerly await the opportunity to see what they are capable of.
PC Perspective's CES 2015 coverage is sponsored by Logitech.
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Lite-On Introduces World's First TLC SSD With LDPC Technology
Subject: Storage | January 6, 2015 - 01:52 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: tlc, ssd, Marvell, LiteOn, LDPC, 88SS1074
Al first introduced us to Low Density Parity Check, the successor to BCH code error correction when he visited Marvell at FMS 2014 and was shown the 88SS1093 controller. Lite-On has used a slightly different chip, the 88SS1074 to provide LDPC to their new CV2 family of solid state drives. In addition to the new error detection capabilities the new controller offers 256-bit AES encryption and device sleep modes to enhance the battery life of mobile devices. The controller has 4 channels and is paired with 128, 256 or 512GB of triple level cell Toshiba A19 NAND which we have seen on Corsair, OCZ and Silicon Motion products. The press release references results of 4KB throughput at 100,000 IOPS which we hope to be able to verify in the future.
Click through to read the full press release.
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A little 3D TLC from Samsung, the new 850 EVO
Subject: Storage | December 8, 2014 - 02:40 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: 3d nand, tlc, 256 bit aes, 850 EVO, raid, RAPID, Samsung, sata, ssd
Not only does Samsung's new 850 EVO family introduce us to three dimensional triple level cell NAND, it also incorporates an SLC cache to boost write speeds. The Tech Report received the 250GB and 1TB models to test, with a spotlight on how they fared against the 840 Pro and 840 Evo. Their testing shows that the new way of creating NAND has helped mitigate the reduction in speed which accompanied the first generation of TLC drives. There is no question that the SLC write cache also helps as long as it has space available but this new technology does come with a price, expect $500 for the 1TB and $150 for for the 250GB model. The 5 year warranty is a nice touch for those who have reliability concerns.
Make sure to ready through Al's review as well, along with single drive benchmarks you can see how these drives perform in RAID.
"Samsung's long-awaited 850 EVO SSD employs three-dimensional NAND with three bits per cell. It augments that TLC storage with an SLC write cache, and it has a higher endurance rating and longer warranty than most MLC drives. We've taken a closer look to see how it holds up against the competition."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Samsung SSD 850 EVO @ Benchmark Reviews
- Samsung 850 EVO SSD @ The SSD Review
- AMD R7 240GB SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Silicon Power Stream S06 4TB USB 3.0 3.5" External Hard Drive Review @ NikKTech
Samsung Germany acknowledges '840 Basic' performance slow down, promises fix
Subject: Storage | October 29, 2014 - 03:10 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: tlc, Samsung, firmware, 840
If you own a Samsung 840 SSD, it appears that after much repeated and vocal pressure, Samsung has acknowledged the slow down also affects your drive. We're not talking about the EVO or the Pro, this is the original pure TLC model that launched (the EVO is a TLC+SLC cache hybrid while the Pro is all MLC). Here's the quote from Samsung, via Computer Base:
Uns ist durch das Feedback, das uns erreicht hat, bekannt, dass es auch beim Zugriff auf bestimmte Daten bei Modellen der SSD 840 zu niedrigeren Leseleistungen als angegeben kommen kann.
Im Moment untersuchen unsere Produktexperten systematisch die betreffenden SSD-Modelle innerhalb verschiedener Systemumgebungen und arbeiten an einer schnellstmöglichen Lösung.
Aufgrund der unterschiedlichen Technologien sind die Modelle der PRO-Serie (840 PRO und 850 PRO) nicht betroffen.
What? You can't read German? Neither can we, but paraphrasing from the poor quality translation from several online tools, we deduce that Samsung has acknowledged the issue on the 840, and is working on a solution as quickly as possible. This is similar verbiage to the statement issued for the 840 EVO acknowledgement.
** Update **
Thanks to Zyhmet, who commented shortly after posting, here's a human translation:
Because of the feedback we got, we realized that, accessing specific data with units of SSD 840 could lead to lower reading performance.
For the moment our experts are systematically examining the SSD-units with different system environments and we are working on a solution as fast as possible.
Due to different technologies the PRO-series (840 PRO and 850 PRO) are not affected.
** End update **
Side note - of those who have used the 840 EVO Performance Restoration Tool, a few have reported an issue cropping up. The error manifests as a SMART data misreporting error:
What's odd about this error is that it was present on some of our pre-production test samples (firmware EXT0AB0Q), and was corrected once we updated those samples to the first retail build (EXT0BB0Q). The image above was an actual screen shot taken during our temperature-dependency testing of the slow down issue. While none of our samples had the issue return when updating all the way to the performance restored firmware, one of those updates did corrupt the Master File Table, rendering the majority of the SSD inaccessible. While we have seen no other reports of corrupted partitions, several users noticed the SMART reporting issue after updating. It's odd to see this sort of a regression with firmware updates, in that a bug fixed in the initial shipping firmware has returned (for some) in a subsequent update. If you've updated your 840 EVO with their Performance Restoration Tool, it may be a good time to check your SMART attributes. If you see the error above, please leave us a note in the comments.
Circling back to the slow down issue - given that it is present in two TLC-based SSDs from Samsung, one has to wonder if this issue exists in other Samsung TLC SSDs as well. Here's the list of potentials (thanks to an anonymous comment on a prior story):
- 840 EVO - 19nm TLC
- 840 - 21nm TLC
- PM841 - 21nm TLC
- PM851 - 21nm TLC (some SKUs)
- 845DC EVO - 19nm TLC
- PM843 - 21nm TLC
- PM853T - 21nm TLC
We have several questions out to Samsung on these issues, but to date they have not been answered. More to follow as we wait for an official (English) response.
Podcast #320 - Micron M600 SSD, NVIDIA and Adaptive Sync, Windows 10 and more!
Subject: General Tech | October 2, 2014 - 02:05 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: X99 Classified, X99, video, tlc, tegra k1, ssd, Samsung, podcast, nvidia, micron, M600, iphone 6, g-sync, freesync, evga, broadwell-u, Broadwell, arm, apple, amd, adaptive sync, a8, 840 evo, 840
PC Perspective Podcast #320 - 10/02/2014
Join us this week as we discuss the Micron M600 SSD, NVIDIA and Adaptive Sync, Windows 10 and more!
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Investigating the issue
** Edit ** (24 Sep)
We have updated this story with temperature effects on the read speed of old data. Additional info on page 3.
** End edit **
** Edit 2 ** (26 Sep)
New quote from Samsung:
"We acknowledge the recent issue associated with the Samsung 840 EVO SSDs and are qualifying a firmware update to address the issue. While this issue only affects a small subset of all 840 EVO users, we regret any inconvenience experienced by our customers. A firmware update that resolves the issue will be available on the Samsung SSD website soon. We appreciate our customer's support and patience as we work diligently to resolve this issue."
** End edit 2 **
** Edit 3 **
The firmware update and performance restoration tool has been tested. Results are found here.
** End edit 3 **
Over the past week or two, there have been growing rumblings from owners of Samsung 840 and 840 EVO SSDs. A few reports scattered across internet forums gradually snowballed into lengthy threads as more and more people took a longer look at their own TLC-based Samsung SSD's performance. I've spent the past week following these threads, and the past few days evaluating this issue on the 840 and 840 EVO samples we have here at PC Perspective. This post is meant to inform you of our current 'best guess' as to just what is happening with these drives, and just what you should do about it.
The issue at hand is an apparent slow down in the reading of 'stale' data on TLC-based Samsung SSDs. Allow me to demonstrate:
You might have seen what looks like similar issues before, but after much research and testing, I can say with some confidence that this is a completely different and unique issue. The old X25-M bug was the result of random writes to the drive over time, but the above result is from a drive that only ever saw a single large file write to a clean drive. The above drive was the very same 500GB 840 EVO sample used in our prior review. It did just fine in that review, and at afterwards I needed a quick temporary place to put a HDD image file and just happened to grab that EVO. The file was written to the drive in December of 2013, and if it wasn't already apparent from the above HDTach pass, it was 442GB in size. This brings on some questions:
- If random writes (i.e. flash fragmentation) are not causing the slow down, then what is?
- How long does it take for this slow down to manifest after a file is written?
Podcast #312 - Thecus N2560 NAS, ASUS STRIX GTX 780, Flash Media Summit News and more
Subject: General Tech | August 7, 2014 - 01:37 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: podcast, video, Thecus, n2560, asus, strix, strix 780, flash media summit, Samsung, tlc, vnand, Marvell, gtx 880, x99s sli plus
PC Perspective Podcast #312 - 08/07/2014
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FMS 2014: Samsung announces 3D TLC VNAND, Storage Intelligence initiative
Subject: Storage, Shows and Expos | August 5, 2014 - 04:19 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: FMS, vnand, tlc, ssd, Samsung, FMS 2014, Flash Memory Summit
Just minutes ago at the Flash Memory Summit, Samsung announced the production of 32-layer TLC VNAND:
This is the key to production of a soon-to-be-released 850 EVO, which should bring the excellent performance of the 850 Pro, with the reduced cost benefit we saw with the previous generation 840 EVO. Here's what the progression to 3D VNAND looks like:
3D TLC VNAND will look identical to the right most image in the above slide, but the difference will be that the charge stored has more variability. Given that Samsung's VNAND tech has more volume to store electrons when compared to competing 2D planar flash technology, it's a safe bet that this new TLC will come with higher endurance ratings than those other technologies. There is much more information on Samsung's VNAND technology on page 1 of our 850 Pro review. Be sure to check that out if you haven't already!
Another announcement made was more of an initiative, but a very interesting one at that. SSDs are generally dumb when it comes to coordinating with the host - in that there is virtually no coordination. An SSD has no idea which pieces of files were meant to be grouped together, etc (top half of this slide):
Stuff comes into the SSD and it puts it where it can based on its best guess as to how it should optimize those writes. What you'd want to have, ideally, is a more intelligent method of coordination between the host system and the SSD (more like the bottom half of the above slide). Samsung has been dabbling in the possibilities here and has seen some demonstrable gains to be made. In a system where they made the host software aware of the SSD flash space, and vice versa, they were able to significantly reduce write latency during high IOPS activity.
The key is that if the host / host software has more control over where and how data is stored on the SSD, the end result is a much more optimized write pattern, which ultimately boosts overall throughput and IOPS. We are still in the experimentation stage on Storage Intelligence, with more to follow as standards are developed and the industry pushes forward.
It might be a while before we see Storage Intelligence go mainstream, but I'm definitely eager to see 3D TLC VNAND hit the market, and now we know it's coming! More to follow in the coming days as we continue our live coverage of the Flash Memory Summit!
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"Better than expected"
I've been looking for good audio books after BDB series and found this almost on par. It was entertaining and worth the credit.
"Fierce Female Protagonist, mystery and intrigue!"
This was my first Haruki Murukami story that set off a Murukami Marathon that ended on my last book, Wild Sheep Chase, after ten others. I loved these marvelous unique mysteries and incredible characters and although I later decided that the Wind Up Bird Chronicals are my favorite, I have never gotten over my all time favorite character in this novel Aomame. I thought about her in between reads and felt a huge loss at the end of the story. I still like to think that I eat a little better and stretch a little more because of her and if I needed to I might use a long needle to defend myself.
"Don't waste your credit..."
The female character is whiney and sooo not funny, the vampire has a stereo-typical transilvanian accent and the whole story is about as interesting as a bucket of warm spit. move on to something, try patricia briggs, now that woman can write!
Really enjoyable, I didn't know what to expect but was very pleased. J.R. Ward is such a good writer.
"Eye Rolling & Gooey"
I can't tell you how many times I rolled my eyes and groaned when the repetitive ramble began about how stoic these characters are.
"Pass on this narrator"
I just couldn't get past the narrator, it was just so slow & mundane.
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My sister uses bluetooth on her mobile whilst travelling the M60. She has found that between Junction 8 and Junction 10 there is always an echo in her earpiece.. She can hear herself bouncing back whenever she is on this stretch of road.
Has anyone else encountered this and could you suggest what causes it.
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is having the volume turned too high - sound from the earpiece reaches the microphone. In your sister's case however, it's more likely to be a bad signal.
She may be able to download and install a ROM ugrade for the phone that could help.
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Could be over phone masts in the area or VHF masts in the area?
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Garage door sensor
I have been reading through the postings for an hour. I seem to have a strange problem that I would appreciate some advice on. Here are the "symptoms":
-Door reverses and light blinks as if sensors are not aligned.
-Lights on sensors not on
-When I disconect the recieving unit light on sending unit comes on solid
-I disconected the sensors and directly tied the two wires together. No change
-I taped the sensors together. No change
-I used speaker wire to jump the terminals on the GDO itself. No change
Does anyone have any idea where I'm screwing this up?
Thanks for your time.
Try cutting the wire at the back of both sensors (leave yourself about a foot of wire or so) Take them to the back of the motor head and hook both the white wires from the sensors to the white terminal on opener. Take the white wires with the black tracer and hook them up to the black terminal. You should have one sensor that lights up automatically and the other sensor will light up with them aligned.
If they work fine at the back of the unit, then you have bad wires and need to run new wiring. If only one is lighting up and not the other, you have a bad set of sensors. If neither one of them is lighting up, you most likely have a bad set of sensor but could possibly have a bad circuit board.


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when to stop crating
my dog is now 2 years old. This is the first dog I have ever crated so I am not sure when and if to stop. I feel bad because she is in there while I am at work, but if I walk outside (for example - to get the mail) when I come in, she has gone in her crate all on her own. Whenever i am getting ready to go out, she gets in while I put my shoes on. She doesn't seem to mind being in there, its her "bedroom". So should I leave well enough alone ?
I have crates all over the house, and the dogs still use them even thought they've all been house savvy for a long time. It's a safe quiet place. The doors just stay open all the time. If you want to give your dog more freedom when you're at work, just start by leaving her out for a few hours while you do errands on a week-end. Then build up gradually to a full day out. Chances are she'll spend most of her time in the crate anyway. It's her bedroom :) And an important benefit of allowing her to continue using the crate is that she'll feel more comfortable if she needs to spend time at the vet or a boarding facility or if you travel with her.
I think you should let things stay as they are. Your dog had come to recognize her crate as a place of safety and security in the house. This is a good thing, as Cynthia says, because in the event she needs to be crated someplace else, she will be comfortable with it.
Whenever I adopt a new dog, it spends at least several weeks in a crate overnight with the door shut until I feel I can trust him/her; and always leave the door open during the day when I'm present. But it never fails that I have to chase my older dogs out of the crate, because they all begin to fight over who gets to sleep in it! If I had more room, I would probably leave one or two out 24/7.
if you find it an annoyance to have the crate around, you could get rid of it. But honestly, they will find another "crate" if it's no longer there. Like Handymac said, when I stopped crating, Rusty and Mocha would retreat to theirs' because they liked it.
Now that I don't have crates in my den, whenever it thunderstorms, Rusty retreats under my desk and he DOES NOT fit. LOL
Remove crate at your own gamble
We stopped crating when our lab was 12 weeks old and had no problem roaming the house at night. The only reason we crated her was to make house breaking easier. We are home with her daily though but could trust her to have the run of the house even when we went shopping or out to dinner. We just lengthened the times away with each trip to the place where she is fine for 8 hours occasionally in the day time.
The crate is your dog's comfort spot. After my dogs are fully potty trained and passed any chewing phases, I just stop closing the door. The crate is still there, for them to use as they please. Most of my dogs will still go in their crates to nap. I toss their toys into their crates when picking up clutter.
If your dog ever needs to have surgery or has an injury that requires keeping them from running or jumping, you will be glad that you still have the crate.


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My backyard neighbor has put up a plethera of tacky (to me anyway) out buildings, some even made from tarps. Oh well. Here is my solution, I bought the iron fence pieces with the leaves on them and then I added the flowers made from beer cans. It's sort of hiding junk with junk, only I like my junk better.
What an awesome idea ! I wanna do it, too !! ( if you don't mind ) My DH is definately going to help me with this -- he'll empty the cans while I craft with them !!! ROFL ...
** What a great guy ..........hehehe
PS - is there any sort of pattern ?
frou...what an excellent idea! As I look closer, I can see your fences attached to the top brace 2x4 (or whatever size)...your can flowers are perfect! It's like a silhoutte of sorts! (against the white canvas)...blends in so good with yourrustic fence...great solution! TFS! Jeanne S.
TMG, feel free to copy anything I do, since I most likely copied and embellished to start with and my DH did supply the cans. I don't really have a pattern, but I'll try to post some instruction pics soon. It takes 3 cans for each flower so start saving. Thanks for the compliments, it's always nice to hear that you have good taste when it comes to junk.
Your junk looks lovely!! Yes instructions are needed, most of us are very visual, if we can't see it,we can't make it!!LOL Of course, beer cans are not required, soda cans will work very well but I guess not be as much fun for the drinkers! Great way to enlist DH's help too tho!! Could make the flowers colors but for your fence I think the green is perfect!! His stuff just sort of fades out! Jan
What an awesome idea! Your can flowers look like they are a part of the trellis. You must have a great eye for placement. Are the beer cans cut up from the bottom to create the petals and then 2 more cans done the same way and put one on top of the other? And, if that's the case, how did you attach them together and to the wrought iron fence? Inquiring minds want to know!
frou, you have so many cool things in your yard!
I adore your potting shed too.
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Whole Foods Will Ramp Up GMO Educational Efforts When I-522 Is Officially Approved For November Ballot
By Rachel Linden, WWGFN Reporter Last week, grass-roots supporters of "I-522 The People's Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act" delivered over 350,00 signatures to the Secretary of State's office in Olympia to get their GMO labeling initiative on the November mail-in ballot. At least 241,153 registered state voters signatures are required to qualify for […] [Read More]
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OG was 1.08
according to beer tools, the IBU should be in the neighborhood of 74...
thank you all for the kind words - I'm feeling much better about it than I was yesterday...lmao!
SWMBO and I both love hoppy beers, so worst case scenario is we don't have to share...
progress update:
9 days in primary, gravity reading is 1.042 - aside from the sample being rather sweet tasting at this point, I can taste a hint of what the finished product should be, and my worries be gone...
I wound up leaving this one in the primary for 18 days, then racked to secondary. Starting gravity was 1.080, at the time of racking it was 1.032, and now after 11 days in secondary, the gravity is at 1.024.
The sample I took last night tasted great...maintaining patience with this beer is going to be living h*ll for me... ;o)
Since this is my first bigger beer, I'm trying to pay more attention to the gravity readings (usually I don't pay much attention at all - just loosely follow the 1-2-3 method...) which is inevitably leading me to more worry than normal (so far, I've been able to stave off the worry with a few homebrews...).
Near as I can tell, the FG for this IPA should be in the neighborhood of 1.016 - 1.018. The gravity is still dropping, albeit slowly, so that don't bother me too much. What I'm really wondering is what's going to happen once I bottle? Is it possible that the yeast will be all petered out at that point, causing me carbonation fits?
Yeast have been known to not like to carb bigger beers, but as far as how you determine that, I think it might just be a guess and check kind of ordeal. You could always add 1/4 packet or so dry yeast at bottling time just to make sure.
On another note, I would never again rack the beer to secondary when fermentation isn't yet complete. Secondary should be for clearing/conditioning rather than more fermentation. Primary fermentation for extended periods of time won't hurt the beer, contrary to popular belief.
The primary/secondary thing I wasn't terribly sure about...I thought that it was ok once fermentation had slowed - guess that's what I get for thinking, and not reading/inquiring. ;o(
RLinNH...thanks ;o) I'm still not too sure about what I've gotten myself in to, but so far so good - like I said, the current sample already tasted really good...I have high hopes!
I've always considered myself a pretty mellow guy, but this thing I have in my basement is making me re-ponder all kinds of stuff. For all the brews I've brewed over the years, I've never really talked to anybody about the whole subject...amazing all the neat shi(r)t I'm starting to learn...lol
I'm afraid I'm going to run myself out of bottled stock in the process of getting this one done...
how do you add water to your beer at bottling time without oxidizing your beer?