SandForce Sold Again

in storage on 2014-05-30 08:32 (#3N6)

The corporate overlords of SandForce SSD controllers have changed hands again. Seagate, who was missing an SSD controller of its own, will become the new home. The following list gives a brief history of the numerous mergers involved:

1999 - HP's non-computing products division spun out as Agilent
August 2005 - Agilent semiconductor products group spun out as Avago
January 2012 - SandForce sold to LSI ($370 million)
2014 - LSI sold to Avago ($6.6 billion)
May 2014 - Avago SSD division sold to Seagate ($450 million)

Because of easy licensing and not being tied to a particular NAND manufacturer, SandForce SSD controllers are very popular and have found their way into many product lines , including:

Intel 520, 530, 535, 330, 335
Kingston HyperX, HyperX 3K, SSDNow E100, SSDNow KC100, SSDNow V+200, SSDNow V300
Corsair Force Series
OCZ Vertex 3, Agility 3, RevoDrive
And many others...