SSDs suit data streaming/embedded system applications.April 2, 2009 -
SiliconDrive III devices include 2.5 in. SATA and Parallel ATA and 1.8 in. SATA products with read speeds up to 100 MB/sec and write speeds to 80 MB/sec. Available in capacities up to 128 GB, scalable units offer features for eliminating drive corruption due to power anomalies, monitoring useable life in real-time, and ensuring data integrity and SSD life for multiyear product deployments. They are suited for IPTV, VOD, and digital video surveillance appliances.
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Original Press release
SiliconSystems, Inc.
26940 Aliso Viejo Parkway
Aliso Viejo, CA, 92656
USA
SiliconSystems Announces Third Generation SSD Technology Platform
New SiliconDrive III Products Feature Increased Performance, Capacities and Mechanical Scalability Ideal for Data Streaming and Embedded System Applications
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., March 17 / / - SiliconSystems, Inc., a world leader in advanced storage technology, today announced its new SiliconDrive III solid-state storage technology platform. This new generation of SiliconSystems' industry-leading SiliconDrive products features faster read/write speeds, increased capacities and mechanical scalability, which enables a wide range of markets and applications to benefit from the company's award-winning advanced storage technology. SiliconDrive III is a true drop-in replacement for hard drives in data center and embedded system storage applications such as multimedia content delivery systems and data streaming media appliances.
SiliconDrive III products include 2.5-inch Serial ATA (SATA) and Parallel ATA (PATA) and 1.8-inch SATA products that offer read speeds up to 100 megabytes per second (MBps) and write speeds to 80 MBps. The new products will be available beginning in the second quarter of 2009 in capacities up to 128 gigabytes (GB).
"SiliconSystems' new SiliconDrive III solid-state drives are ideal for a broad range of data center, industrial and embedded system applications that require an advanced storage technology solution with mechanical scalability ranging from 2.5-inch drive form factors to smaller MiniBlade or CFast form factors," said Gary Drossel, vice president of product planning at SiliconSystems. "The faster speeds and larger capacities of SiliconDrive III are ideal for high-end Enterprise System OEM requirements, and help enable new multimedia data streaming applications such as IPTV, Video on Demand (VOD) and digital video surveillance appliances that require a high level of performance and reliability where failure is not an option."
For increased reliability, every SiliconDrive III product is integrated with SiliconSystems' field-proven advanced storage technology, which includes the company's patented PowerArmor, SiSMART and SolidStor technologies that address critical OEM design considerations such as the elimination of drive corruption due to power anomalies, the ability to monitor a SiliconDrive's useable life in real-time and integrated advanced storage technologies that ensure data integrity and SSD life for multi-year product deployments.
About SiliconSystems
SiliconSystems is a world leader in advanced storage technology engineered exclusively for the high performance, high reliability, multi-year product lifecycle requirements of the Enterprise System OEM market. The company's patented SiliconDrive, SiliconDrive II, SiliconDrive III, SiliconDrive Blade and SiliconDrive EP technology exceeds the rigorous demands of applications in the netcom, industrial, embedded computing, data center, military and medical markets. SiliconSystems is based in Aliso Viejo, California. Additional company and product information is available on the company's website at www.siliconsystems.com.
SiliconSystems, SiliconDrive, SiliconDrive II, SiliconDrive III, SiliconDrive EP, PowerArmorŪ, SiSMARTŪ, SiSecure(TM), SolidStorŪ, LifeEST(TM) and the SiliconSystems logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SiliconSystems, Inc. and may be used publicly only with the permission of SiliconSystems and require proper acknowledgement. Other listed names and brands are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Source: SiliconSystems, Inc.
CONTACT: Tim Leary of SiliconSystems, Inc., +1-949-900-9402, tleary@siliconsystems.com
Web Site: http://www.siliconsystems.com/
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