The memory card performance of the UFS specification is impressive, and Phison has similar plans.

Samsung Electronics announced the UFS specification series of memory cards in June, and its read performance of up to 500MB/s is eye-catching. Phison also saw similar products from brand factories in the first quarter.

The UFS 2.0 specification released in September 2013 has been seen on Samsung smartphones.

As for the UFS 1.0 memory card specification, it was announced in March 2016, but at this stage Samsung Electronics is still leading the market.

Judging from Phison's product planning, they will launch two products, PS8311 and PS8313, for different markets, of which PS8311 is aimed at UFS memory cards and mid-level UFS markets. The difference between the two lies in the number of channels, SECC and LDPC. PS8313 is 2CH and requires PCIe 3.0 x2, while PS8311 is 1CH and PCIe 3.0 x1. Phison PS8313 adopts 28nm process and supports 3D TLC NAND Flash.