Month: February 2016
At Embedded World 2016 in Nuremberg, Germany, Cactus Technologies displayed the high reliability Industrial Grade Flash Storage Devices which have earned a best in class reputation and launched several new embedded flash storage products. All products offer a locked-BOM (Bill-Of-Material) signifying there will be no changes to controller, memory or firmware without notification to the...
In 2015, we put together a series of articles covering Solid State Drive technology, building from a single NAND cell to packaging, controller functions and SSD characteristics. This material is pertinent to all types of Solid State Drive from popular 2.5” SATA SSD to card level products such as CompactFlash, SD Card, PC Card and...
The USB interface and Flash Drives have been around since the mid-1990s. In fact, USB Flash Drives are so common, little thought is given to what their made of. The “guts” of the USB Flash Drive determine if it is not reliable for much more than a single use - all the way up to...