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News Release from: SMART Modular Technologies | Subject: IDE Flash drives
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 October 2001
Flash steps into standard IDE drive
slots
SMART Modular Technologies has expanded its high performance ATA storage product family with the introduction of 44-pin IDE Flash drives in industry standard 1.8 and 2.5in form factors.
SMART Modular Technologies has expanded its high performance ATA storage product family with the introduction of 44-pin IDE Flash drives in industry standard 1.8 and 2.5in form factors, as well as a custom 2.5in mini form factor featuring a standard IDE interface and minimised footprint Available densities for these drives range from 16-512Mbyte, and 1Gbyte capacities are planned for production later this year
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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IDE Flash drives are extremely durable, having been designed to replace internal hard disks in adverse operating environments.
For memory storage applications requiring 256Mbyte or less, SMART's IDE Flash drives offer a lower-cost solution than conventional hard disks.
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CompactFlash card stores half a CD's worth of data
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IDE Flash drives outperform conventional rotating storage solutions in many areas.
Hard disks have an average seek time of 5-15ms, whereas SMART's IDE Flash drives offer approximately 100 times faster random access performance.
Operating systems boot up more quickly, and applications execute commands considerably faster.
Hard disks typically consume around 500mA maximum when in use.
SMART's IDE Flash drives consume a maximum of 55mA.
Decreased power consumption allows system designers to scale down voltage regulators and allows for reduced battery capacity and system cooling requirements.
Hard disks are generally rated from 5-55C.
SMART's IDE Flash drives offer two temperature ratings: 0 to +70 and -40 to +85C.
The latter rating is for the many networking, telecomms, automotive and embedded computing applications that must adhere to this wider "industrial" temperature range.
The moving parts contained in conventional hard disks cause latencies that slow random access performance and can cause complete device failure during a head crash.
However, like all solid-state storage solutions, IDE Flash drives contain no moving parts.
Consequently, in conjunction with advanced wear-leveling and error-correction technologies, SMART's IDE Flash drives offer exceptional device reliability and longevity.
Hard disks can usually sustain maximum shock forces of around 150g.
IDE Flash drives have been designed to withstand up to 1000g.
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