By Brian Hendren, Tektronix As semiconductor manufacturers start to reach the potential physical limits of shrinking process nodes, chip packaging is emerging to improve performance. Flip chip assembly remains the most popular method for interconnecting dies, but new advancements in silicon interposers are enabling 2.5D packaging architectures and, in turn, making 3D packaging possible. To […]
Storage
PCIe nanoSSD designed in M.2 type 1620 format factor with height of 1.65mm
Innodisk announces the release of the first nano SSD PCIe 4TE3 in response to the increasing demands of edge AI miniature design and high computing performance. The nano SSD 4TE3 is a PCIe 4.0 x4 BGA SSD featuring compact size, enhanced performance, and reliability to unlock the potential for 5G, automotive, and aerospace applications. Edge […]
NVMe SSDs offers 20% reduction in power consumption over competing QLC SSDs
Micron Technology, Inc. announced the release of two SSDs, the Micron 6500 ION NVMe SSD and the Micron XTR NVMe SSD. Designed to keep pace with the accelerating growth of data, these drives provide a major advancement for data centers by lowering operating costs and improving storage efficiency. The Micron 6500 ION is a high-capacity […]
SD, microSD cards based on single-level cell flash
Swissbit is introducing the S-600 series, the latest generation of SD and microSD cards based on single-level cell flash. When it comes to reliability, data integrity, and data retention, the technology with only one stored bit per cell is still unrivaled. Only SLC offers 100,000 P/E cycles (Program/Erase Cycles), making it ideal for applications that […]
ZFS storage system features Intel Core CPUs for virtualization apps
QNAP Systems, Inc. introduced the high-performance TVS-hx74 QuTS hero NAS series, including the 4-bay TVS-h474, 6-bay TVS-h674, and 8-bay TVS-h874 models that incorporate 12th Gen Intel Core multi-core/multi-thread processors. Running the ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system, the TVS-hx74 ensures data integrity and supports inline data deduplication and compression, near-limitless snapshots, and real-time SnapSync. Featuring PCIe Gen 4 (up […]
All-flash storage features 100GbE RDMA, and PCIe Gen4
Infortrend Technology, Inc. has released their new EonStor GS 3024UT and 4024U all-flash unified storage solutions featuring 100GbE RDMA, and PCIe Gen4 that can maximize high-performance computing (HPC) efficiency while reducing total cost of ownership. With HPC making its way into small to medium enterprises, it has been generating complex data and placing higher demands for data […]
What are the most common digital security techniques for storage systems?
By Rebecca Reinkunz, Release Manager, Hyperstone NAND flash memory is used in various consumer and industrial products, from laptops and mobile phones to industrial robotics, medical equipment, and embedded IoT devices, such as sensors and controllers. In our increasingly connected world, adequate and robust security measures are required at all vulnerable points in these applications, […]
How many internal memories does an MCU have?
The number of internal memories in an MCU depends on how the memory is categorized. At the highest level, there are two; random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM). But, if the interest is in memory performance, there are different types of RAM and ROM. And these different types of memory can be employed […]
Tester checks out SD card, eMMC devices
Prodigy Technovations Pvt. Ltd introduces its PGY-SSM-EV-Tester SD, eMMC AC/DC Electrical Validation Tester for electrical characterization of SD card for UHS-I and eMMC for HS400 (eMMC5.1) specification. This innovative solution enables validation engineers to test the SD card and eMMC devices by the click of a button for different operating modes and characterize 100s of […]
Spec permits storage of >4 GB files on standard FAT media
SEGGER’s BigFAT specification, which enables any third party to store files larger than 4 GB on standard FAT media, is now publicly available. This specification is not encumbered by any patents and can be used freely, along with the supporting tools. Supported by all operating systems, FAT is the industry standard for formatting removable storage such […]
