Month: June 2015
The data storage market is currently going through an active phase of consolidation. Large SSD and traditional rotating hard disk drive manufacturers are acquiring smaller niche Industrial Grade solid state companies. A recent example of this is HGST’s acquisition of STEC. Shortly after this acquisition, HGST was purchased by Western Digital Corporation (WDC). While STEC...
This is Blog #10 of 13 in our Solid State Drives 101 educational series. If you're ready, continue to Blog #11: Garbage Collection. This article follows the Controller Architecture article covering typical SSD Controller Functions and Blocks. It takes a look at how SSD controllers use Wear Leveling algorithms to compensate for the finite number of erase cycles inherent...
Embedded applications requiring the smallest form factor memory storage design and needing high endurance, high reliability and/or long life cycles with locked BOM control should consider Industrial microSD cards. The microSD standard was officially approved by the SD Association in July 2005, although it had been around prior to this under the names TransFlash and T-Flash. It...
This is Blog #9 of 13 in our Solid State Drives 101 educational series. If you're ready, continue to Blog #10: Wear Leveling. This article follows the Controller Architecture article on NAND Channels and Banks. It will focus on the main blocks of a generic SSD controller and its connection to the NAND flash. Controller functionality varies with...
High reliability Industrial Grade Flash Storage Devices are designed to operate in the harshest environments with the highest write cycles. They also meet the needs of applications which require a locked Bill-Of-Material and long life cycles. A typical flash storage device is designed for cost and/or performance. This is the majority of the marketplace today since consumer...
