netlist_msata_half-slim_ssd.pngNetlist, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of high-performance memory subsystems, today announced the further expansion of its Flash product portfolio with two new SATA based additions to the Embedded Flash product line. The mSATA half-slim module offers storage capacity of up to 128GB with onboard 64MB DRAM cache. The 1.8" SATA SSD drive offers storage capacities to 256GB with onboard 128MB DRAM cache. The smaller form-factor SSD support for ultra-dense applications makes these modules ideal for datacenter equipment and embedded systems.

"With our new mSATA half-slim and 1.8"SATA SSDs, Netlist expands its portfolio to offer MLC solutions with an Industrial Temperature grade option and a consistent controller and firmware implementation across all SATA II products," said Steve McClure, vice president of worldwide sales and marketing for Netlist. "This allows our customers to select the appropriate form factor to meet their specific system requirements."

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Super Talent Technology announces the first standard size USB 3.0 flash drive PCBA (printed circuit board assembly).

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The need for storage is universal but storage enclosures are not. An entire industry of Custom Flash Drives has emerged to meet the consumers’ needs and preferences. Until now, custom enclosure designs have been relegated to USB 2.0 board and USB 2.0 performance. That just changed.

Super Talent will begin shipping two different USB 3.0 PCBA solutions that fit the most common, 33mm x 14mm, standard. Now these same USB 2.0 enclosures can now be built with USB 3.0 and offer a considerable performance increase.

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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 urDrive, a free pre-loaded application available on a variety of its DataTraveler® USB Flash drives. urDrive transforms USB drives from passive storage to engaged, active storage, allowing consumers to easily access and organize their personal files, photos, music, games and videos. A built-in photo viewer and MP3 player makes looking at pictures and listening to music easy.

"USB drives have historically served as digital couriers, transporting data from one device to another. Kingston is taking the lead in transforming the way consumers interact with those devices,” said Craig Tilmont, urDrive business manager, Kingston®. "urDrive enables consumers of all ages to make the USB Flash drive an interactive experience beyond just storing and transferring data between devices."

urDrive enhances security on the PC with Norton™ PC Checkup. The diagnostic tool scans for virus infections (including spyware, worms and adware) and checks for slow performance and risks to identity and data. urDrive further enhances the digital experience with the Maxthon 3 Web browser. Maxthon 3 boasts industry-leading startup and rendering speeds, and architecture that gives users a truly portable, safe browsing experience. All temp files, history and cookies remain on the drive, keeping browsing private particularly on public computers.

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BiTMICRO Networks, a pioneer in intelligent flash solid-state drive solutions, is developing a full line up of high-performance, enterprise-class solid state solutions to mark its entry to the high-demand segment of the storage market.

The new breed of storage solutions specific to enterprise computing will include features that will optimize resources and improve drive life required by mission-critical applications. This will address the industry’s need for flexibility on the required performance based on specific application workloads. It will also come with redundancy and recovery mechanisms to provide guaranteed recovery from flash and internal path failures --- providing security for data critical applications. The upcoming storage solutions will be a viable replacement to conventional hard drives in a seamless transition.

BiTMICRO has gone behind the scenes for sometime while busy planning their next move to address the growing demands of the enterprise industry. “We’ve noted a spike in demand of SSDs in the enterprise market in 2010. And their demands are quite varied which led us to explore new technologies using our Research and Development team. It has been a thorough process and we are looking forward to see these technologies work for our clients,” says Rey Bruce, BiTMICRO Networks’ CEO.

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RunCore, a leading supplier of high-performance solid-state drives today announced its new ultra-speed USB 3.0 MoonDrive that will soon be available. USB 3.0 has been a hot phrase in the market because of its portability and ultra-high-speed transmission rate as well as stability, which have won preferences of users.

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RunCore’s MoonDrive adopts an enclosure of special plastic material, stunning black for the front also symbolizes its high stability, and the neat design of the enclosure perfectly presents its sense of technology.

Inside of the enclosure, MoonDrive adopts SLC as the storage media, the performance might probably be the best comparing to the similar products in the market -- read and write performance are respectively up to 164MB/s and 150MB/s, which also supports USB 2.0 and 1.1 protocol.

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