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...

Why pay more money for something you don’t need? It’s obvious you shouldn’t. So the purpose of this article is to point out the reasons an OEM Embedded Systems designer would NEED Industrial Grade Flash Storage in their system. If you look at the home page of our Cactus website, you will see our tagline,...

Cactus will be exhibiting its industry leading Industrial Grade and Industrial MLC products along with new flash storage offerings at Embedded World 2016 from February 23-25, 2016 in Nuremberg, Germany. OEMs are encouraged to visit our booth to discuss technical, sales and/or business items with our staff. We will be located in Hall 2, Booth...

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...