Comments on: LSI Introduces SandForce SF3700 Flash Controller Capable Of 1,800MB/s Sequential Reads, First To Support Two Native Host Interfaces https://www.thessdreview.com/daily-news/latest-buzz/lsi-introduces-sandforce-sf3700-flash-controller-capable-1800mbs-sequential-reads-first-support-two-native-host-interfaces/ The Worlds Dedicated SSD Education and Review Resource | Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: billegge https://www.thessdreview.com/daily-news/latest-buzz/lsi-introduces-sandforce-sf3700-flash-controller-capable-1800mbs-sequential-reads-first-support-two-native-host-interfaces/#comment-16673 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.thessdreview.com/?p=74445#comment-16673 Sandforce fakes their throughput using compression on highly compressable (all zero’s) data. So basically you don’t see the controller working but instead just see the BUS throughput. I would be interested in benchmarks using un-compressed data, and also sequential reads are pointless because the real world is small random reads in parallel as well as small writes.

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