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Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced a new M.2 2280 SATA SSD. Shipping next week, the new 22mm x 80mm dimension provides a thin, caseless and compact form factor ideal for new notebook platforms such as Ultrabooks™, smaller design embedded systems, ultra-thin computing devices and motherboards that support the recently released Intel® Z97 chipset.
M.2 2280 SATA SSD features advanced garbage collection, wear leveling and TRIM support to keep drive performance consistent over the life of the drive. SATA DevSleep™ allows efficient power management and minimal power consumption while also allowing devices to stay on and connected without necessarily reducing battery life. M.2 2280 SSD also features firmware-based power-loss protection to maintain data integrity in case of unexpected power loss or unsafe shutdown.
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Fusion-io today announced Atomic Series, the newest flash memory platform featuring breakthrough innovations that achieve unparalleled performance and double the capacity on the smallest available NAND footprint for appliance and server environments. Companies both big and small, from small and medium enterprises (SME) to the Fortune 500 and hyperscale, all rely on Fusion-io to accelerate their applications.
“Patience is no longer a virtue in a world where we expect information at our fingertips with ever increasing velocity,” said Fusion-io CEO and Chairman of the Board Shane Robison. “Latency is the new dial up. Our newest advancements in flash memory with the release of Atomic Series ensure that data flows seamlessly and with greater speed, efficiency and reliability by accelerating data-driven applications.”
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PLX Technology, Inc., the global leader in PCI Express (PCIe) silicon and software connectivity solutions, today announced the industry’s first USB-to-PCI Express solution to bridge the external connectivity gap laptop computers face when using PCIe-based solid-state drives (SSDs). The recently completed reference design platform, based on PLX PCIe 2.0-to-USB 3.0 SuperSpeed controller technology and housed in an external dongle enclosure, empowers laptop and storage vendors to leverage both USB 3.0’s 5 gigabits/second (Gbps) speeds and PCIe 2.0’s 5 Gbps performance. By combining two of the industry’s most powerful and widely used interconnect technologies into a unified solution, end users don’t face the connectivity limitations they’ve had to with their internal SSDs.
With this new platform, OEMs are able to create solutions that leverage laptops’ USB 3.0 ports and connect effortlessly to PCIe-based, small-form-factor SSDs in external enclosures. Additionally, embedded system makers can design the PLX controller technology directly into systems in which PCIe isn’t already native, creating direct PCIe-to-USB 3.0 connectivity to achieve a similarly powerful external-SSD connection.
Using the USB Mass Storage Class Specification, these solutions wouldn’t require any drivers and therefore save time and development costs. Additionally, due to the PLX controller technology’s low-power architecture, they could draw power as low as 500mW. Furthermore, the devices’ support of the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) standard provides for maximum interoperability among legacy storage and system elements.
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Strontium, a leading digital storage brand from Singapore, today launched its finest and fastest range – the ultra-high speed Nitro Plus, in Singapore. The much awaited range of products by Strontium consists of UHS-I Speed Class 3 (U3) SD and microSD cards, which enable consumers to capture and watch 4K2K Ultra HD pictures and videos on their high performance cameras, tablets and smartphones.
Strontium Nitro Plus UHS-1 Class 3 cards guarantee performance of up to 80MB/s read and 60 MB/s write, enough bandwidth to allow users to capture cinema quality Full HD (1080p), Ultra HD (2160p), 4K2K and 3D videos on their DSLRs and camcorders and then play them on their UHD TVs, laptops and smartphones with stunning colors and clarity. Users can capture up to 2 hours of 4K2K HD video on a 128GB SD card. In addition to 4K2K video capture, Nitro Plus cards can also be used for burst or continuous mode photograph capture and television recording. The faster transfer speeds also reduce the time needed to download large movie and music files to smart phones and tablets. Moreover, all NITRO PLUS cards are waterproof and shockproof, and come with Strontium Lifetime Warranty. The microSD version also comes with the finest Android Backup Application - MyBackup Pro Full Version worth SGD 6.33.
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Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (Silicon Motion), a global leader in designing and marketing NAND flash controllers for solid state storage devices, today announced that its SM2246EN SATA (6Gb/s) client SSD controller now supports Micron’s 16nm 128 gigabit (Gb) MLC NAND flash, ideal for high performance, high capacity SSD solutions up to 1 Terabyte.
SM2246EN offers the best performance and power combination of four channel SATA 6Gb/s client SSD controller in the market, delivering even better performance than most 8-channel SSD controllers with substantially lower power consumption. Using Micron’s 128Gb 16nm MLC NAND, the SM2246EN delivers up to 538MB/s sequential read performance and 450MB/s sequential write, as well as up to 67,000 random read IOPS and 65,000 random write IOPS. In addition, with Micron 128Gb 16nm MLC NAND, the SM2246EN delivers ultra-low power consumption, equating to about 30% lower than the average power consumption of other SSD controllers.
“We are pleased to announce that we have delivered and qualified the SM2246EN’s firmware and reference design for Micron’s 128Gb 16nm MLC NAND to many of our customers.” said Nelson Duann, Vice President of Product Marketing of Silicon Motion. “SM2246EN currently is in high volume production supporting multiple MLC and SLC NAND from major NAND suppliers. By supporting Micron’s 16nm 128Gb MLC NAND, our customers have more flexibility for their high density, high performance and power efficient SSD solutions.”
