Cactus Technologies, Ltd. Launches 220S Series Industrial MLC Slim SATA

Cactus Technologies, Ltd. today announced the launch of the new Industrial MLC Slim SATA form factor in our 220S Series product line. This Slim SATA is based on MLC NAND and designed to industry standard JEDEC MO-297A and SATA-IO group’s specifications.

Support for ATA generation I and II transfer rates of 1.5 and 3.0 Gbps ensures high performance transfers. This MLC Slim SATA is available in capacities from 4GB to 128GB to meet a wide range of OEM requirements.

Sai-Ying Ng, President of Cactus Technologies Ltd. commented, “The 220S Series Slim SATA, based on MLC NAND, offers OEMs a low cost solution for OEM Applications which have mostly read functionality.”

The Cactus Technologies 220S Industrial MLC Slim SATA offers the following features:

Industry Standard Slim SATA (JEDEC MO-297A) form factor
Adheres to SATA-IO group’s specifications
Supports 1.5 & 3.0 Gbps transfer rates
4GB to 128GB Capacities
Fixed Bill-Of-Material Control
>100K Endurance Cycles per block
Altitude spec of 100,000 feet
Powerful Industrial ECC and Defect Management
200K Hour Mean Time Between Failure
3000G Shock; 20G Vibration
Based on MLC (Multi Level Cell) NAND Memory
Joseph Chang, Vice President of Engineering, commented, "With sustained transfer rates up to 240MB/sec for reads and 75MB/sec writes, the 220S Slim SATA is a great fit for OEMs with Commercial applications. We are available to assist OEMs to determine the right product for their application.”

1 MByte = 1 million bytes; 1 GByte = 1 billion bytes; 1Gbit = 1 billion bits.