Month: December 2014

Source: DRAMeXchange I just saw the most recent NAND Supplier market share numbers and thought it would be interesting for others. A key point is the market share for SanDisk is now appearing by itself as of Q4 2013. Previously this was either reported as part of Toshiba’s percentage or not reported. Total NAND Revenue...

Military and Government applications using solid state drives (SSD) in many cases require additional features than the typical commercial or even industrial SSD have to offer. These features includes security of data, write protection, quick erasure and high shock, vibration and environmental ratings. This market need prompted Cactus to develop Military versions of our high...

SATA Interface flash storage devices continue to eat away at the IDE/PATA interface in the embedded system marketplace. This post focuses on the speed and performance of one particular embedded SATA module - the mSATA form factor. mSATA drive have 50.8mm x 29.85mm length and width providing a limited amount of space for components. Typically a controller, possibly some...

Solid State Drive (SSD) encryption is an emerging product feature. The most popular of these encryption methods is AES256. Next month, Cactus will be offering AES256 Encryption on our Industrial Grade SLC 2.5” SATA III SSD and MLC SATA III SSD. The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) was established by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...