BiTMICRO to debut 416GB IDE Flash solid state disk packed in 2.5-inch rugged hard disk drive footprint
(Technology News, 25 Sep 2007 )
With a goal of taking solid state storage to unprecedented levels of capacity and reliability, BiTMICRO Networks, the pioneer in intelligent IDE/ATA, SCSI, VME, and Fibre Channel flash disk solid state storage solutions, today announced at the Defence Systems & Equipment International Exhibition in London, UK details regarding the forthcoming release of the E-Disk Altima family of flash solid state disks (SSD).
The E-Disk Altima Flash SSD series is a realization of BiTMICRO's goal to deliver a comprehensive set of solid state disk technologies for mainstream enterprise, commercial, industrial and military storage. Featuring the company's cutting-edge EDSA(tm) flash I/O controller and LUNETA memory flash interface ASICs, E-Disk Altima(tm) SSD brings high-capacity and high-performance yet cost-effective solid state storage to servers, storage networks, as well as other storage applications that are subjected to extreme operating conditions.
The first product to be released to market is the 2.5-inch E-Disk Altima E2A133BL ATA-133 model, a flash memory-based SSD designed for military, industrial and commercial users who are looking for faster and bigger storage upgrades for time-tested PATA-based systems. This 2.5-inch ATA/ATAPI-7 PATA solid state drive, supporting PIO 0-4, DMA 0-2 and UDMA 0-6 data transfer modes, will utilize the latest high-density single level cell (SLC) NAND flash memory chips to deliver an astounding storage capacity of up to 416 GB, while providing 133MB/sec burst with up to 100MB/sec sustained Reads and Writes and up to 20,000+ Random IOPS. With operating temperatures ranging from -40°C to +85°C, the E-Disk Altima ATA-133 model is suitable for 24x7 deployment even in extremely hostile environments.
"For storage users in the military and industrial markets, high disk capacities equate to longer hours, even days, of non-stop operation. Just like enterprise users, these markets desire continually increasing drive capacities to meet exponential growth in their storage requirements," remarked Rudy Bruce, Exec. VP for Marketing and Sales and CMO at BiTMICRO Networks. "The launch of the E-Disk Altima series of cutting-edge solid state flash drives will usher in a new computing era, where solid state mass storage will combine with multi-core processors to deliver unprecedented levels of performance required by next-generation operating systems and applications," Bruce explained.
Visit BiTMICRO Networks at Booth 1011A of DSEi 2007. The event runs from September 11 - 14, 2007 at the ExCel Convention Center in London, United Kingdom. Dubbed as the world's largest fully integrated defense exhibition, DSEi brings together senior international visitors and military influencers in an optimal business environment.
