Our Industrial Grade offering below is designed for the most mission critical applications. Built exclusively with the highest reliability SLC NAND Flash Memory & Industrial Controller Technology, they provide the best flash storage solutions in the market. These SLC NAND devices come with locked-BOM and Long Life Cycles and are available in many interfaces and form factors to meet almost any embedded OEM requirement.
| Grade | Industrial | Industrial pSLC | Industrial MLC | INDUSTRIAL 3D | Consumer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAND Types | SLC Single Level Cell |
pSLC Pseudo SLC |
MLC Multi Level Cell |
Industrial 3D TLC |
TLC Tri Level Cell |
| Bit/Cell | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Endurance Cycles | 100K/80K/50K | 20K | 3K | 3K | 1K |
| Reliability | | | | | |
| Data Retention | | | | | |
| Life Cycle | | | | | |
| Locked-BOM | | | | | |
| Cost | | | | | |
Write abort caused by unexpected power loss is the most critical issue we experience with flash storage in our Locomotive application. The Cactus products exceeded our expectations with no failures during our extensive qualification testing.- Craig S.
Features of our Industrial Grade Products
Highest Quality and Reliability
- Unrelenting focus on Quality and Reliability since our inception in 2005
- ISO9001 and ISO14001 Certified manufacturing
True BOM (Bill-Of-Material) Control
- No Changes to Industrial Grade products w/o first issuing PCN
- 6 Months to qualify – accept/reject changes – Can buy existing BOM under custom PN
Leading Industrial Grade Flash Storage Supplier
- Full Industrial Grade offering in broad range of form factors
- Unique Military Erasure, Physical Write Protect Switch and other options
Long Life Cycles
- Rarely issue PCNs due to very limited product changes
- No EOL of Industrial Grade products while key components still available
- In event of EOL, Cactus will procure sufficient supply to extend life and strive to offer functionally compatible replacement
Expert Sales Support
- Knowledgeable pre and post-Sales Support Personnel
- Tuned into customer requirements and able to draw on right resources to satisfy needs
Customization
- Custom labeling; custom parameters & format load
- Complete custom product design available
- Screening for extreme temperature ranges
Highest Quality and Specified Components
- For Extended temp products purchase more expensive fully tested I-temp SLC NAND
- Low tolerance components in critical circuitry to ensure reliable functionality
Cactus Design
- Custom Cactus Design (not off the shelf reference designs) for our products
- At minimum, all designs modified for improved functionality and reliability
Extreme Temperature Ranges
- Cactus tunes flash storage products to excel at wide temp ranges
- Cactus “temperature tuning” process allows us to offer customized products:
- Screen & guarantee products at >105C and <-55C
Engineering Design Assistance (Pre-Sales)
- Superior Apps engineering support to assist customers w/specific design issues
- Changes to card characteristics may resolve host system issues
- Custom configurations to meet customer requirements
Applications Engineering Support (Post-Sales)
- Apps engineers available to support any Cactus issues
- Failure Analysis available to determine root cause on rare occurrence of failures
- All Cactus employees focused on Total Customer Satisfaction
Order Management - Easy to do Business with
- Strive daily to meet all customer needs
Learn More about Industrial Grade Storage
Write Abort Handling for Cactus Technologies Industrial-Grade Flash-Storage Products
Cactus Technologies industrial-grade flash storage products are designed to operate in environments where temperature, shock, vibration and voltage fluctuations occur often and can cause abnormal operations on the device.
SLC vs MLC NAND and The Impact of Technology Scaling
The development of NAND flash technology has, until recently, followed the path of traditional memory technologies in that each memory cell stores one bit of binary data.
SLC, pSLC, MLC and TLC Differences - Does Your Flash Storage SSD Make the Grade?
Not all SSD are created equal. There are enormous differences in ability to work at temperature, in poor power environments, under high duty cycles. When talking enormous, an Industrial Grade SSD can have as much as 300 times (yes, 300 times, not 300%) more write endurance cycles per physical block of data.
