BiTMICRO Set to Launch Industry's Highest Capacity 2.5-inch Serial ATA Solid State Disk with E-Disk(R) Altima(TM) SATA Flash SSD
Latest NAND Flash Technology Will Allow BiTMICRO to Offer up to
832GB Capacity in Compact Form Factor, Paving the Way for Mass SSD
Deployment in the Performance and Capacity-Hungry, Yet Price-Sensitive
Personal Computing and Enterprise Markets
LAS VEGAS--(Business Wire)--Flash solid state disk (SSD) pioneer BiTMICRO Networks announced
at the CES 2008 show in Las Vegas, Nevada its plan to launch an 832GB
version of the E-Disk(R) Altima(TM) SATA flash SSD in 2.5-inch form
factor.
E-Disk(R) Altima(TM) E2A3GM flash SSD will utilize the multi-level
cell (MLC) type of NAND flash, which doubles the number of bits stored
per memory cell compared to the single-level cell (SLC) NAND,
effectively increasing data density at low price points. What's more,
BiTMICRO will be using its EDSA(TM) and LUNETA(TM) controllers to
optimize the performance of the E-Disk(R) Altima(TM) SATA flash SSD,
allowing the drive to reach peak data transfer and I/O rates that are
comparable with current SLC flash-equipped solid state drives.
The 2.5-inch E-Disk(R) Altima(TM) E2A3GM flash SSD is estimated to
deliver sustained rates of up to 100 MB per second and up to 20,000
I/O operations per second. BiTMICRO further complements this SSD-level
performance with enterprise-level capacities, as the E-Disk(R)
Altima(TM) SATA flash solid state disk can reach capacities of up to
832GB of pure solid-state flash storage. The drive offers SATA 3.0
Gbps support and "hot pluggable" capabilities to personal computing
and enterprise applications requiring high capacity and high
performance yet affordable solid state storage.
"This latest product pre-announcement seeks to establish
BiTMICRO's commitment to deliver solid state storage in all market
applications," said Rudy Bruce, Executive VP for Marketing and Sales
and CMO at BiTMICRO Networks. "We are excited to offer E-Disk(R)
Altima(TM) SATA flash solid state drive as a PC and enterprise storage
alternative offering the best-in-class capacity, performance and
reliability."
"The declining cost of NAND flash memory, coupled with rising SSD
densities, is enabling SSD implementation in the personal computing
market," says Jeff Janukowicz, Research Manager for Solid State Drives
at IDC. "More cost-effective SSD solutions based on MLC technology,
such as the E-Disk(R) Altima(TM) E2A3GM flash SSD from BiTMICRO, are
positioned to take advantage of the tremendous unit growth opportunity
in the personal computer SSD segment, which is expected to rise by
477% annually from 2006 to 2011."
Visit BiTMICRO Networks at Booth 72922, Innovations Plus Pavilion
of the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hosted by
the Consumer Electronics Association, the International CES is the
world's largest annual tradeshow for consumer technology and America's
largest annual tradeshow of any kind.
Sampling for the E-Disk(R) Altima(TM) SATA solid state disk is
expected to begin in Q2 2008 and will ship in volume by Q3 2008 in
capacities ranging from 32GB to 832GB. For pricing and more E-Disk(R)
Altima(TM) flash drive solid state disk storage technology
information, visit http://www.bitmicro.com or contact BiTMICRO at
47929 Fremont Boulevard, CA 94538 USA. Sales Telephone: +1
510-74E-DISK / +1 510-743-3475, Fax: +1 510-743-3155. E-mail:
info@bitmicro.com.
About EDSA(TM) and LUNETA(TM)
The Enhanced Datamover and Storage Accelerator (EDSA(TM)) flash
I/O controller is a proprietary ASIC that succeeds the highly
successful disk controller chipset of BiTMICRO(R)'s electronic disk
technology. The EDSA(TM) flash I/O controller supports large block
NAND and AND flash as well as single, dual, quad-die flash devices,
allowing BiTMICRO to hike E-Disk(R) Altima(TM) solid state disk
capacities to terabytes of pure flash memory.
EDSA(TM) goes hand in hand with the Logical Unifier of Extensive
Transfer Arrays (LUNETA(TM)) ASIC, BiTMICRO's proprietary flash memory
management interface controller that is designed to orchestrate
massively parallel and multi-block I/O operations on large arrays of
flash devices. LUNETA(TM) supports both NAND (SLC or MLC) and AND
types of flash memory and is typically used in designs to complement
the EDSA(TM) controller in applications that require scalability and
management of larger amounts of flash devices.
About BiTMICRO Networks
BiTMICRO(R) Networks (http://www.bitmicro.com) is the leading
provider of high performance non-volatile flash solid state disk and
semiconductor cutting-edge solutions. The Company's flagship product,
the E-Disk(R) SSD, is offered with SATA, SCSI Narrow and Wide, IDE/ATA
and Fibre Channel interfaces in 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hard disk drive
footprints, and 19-inch rack mount configurations scalable up to
several terabytes of pure solid state storage.
E-Disk(R), BiTMICRO(R), Altima(TM), EDSA(TM) and LUNETA(TM) are
registered trademarks and trademarks of BiTMICRO Networks, Inc.
High-resolution photo images of BiTMICRO's product line are available
at http://www.bitmicro.com/press_multimedia.php.
BiTMICRO Networks
Jun Alejo, 510-623-2341 (Media)
jun.alejo@bitmicro.com
Sales: 510-743-3475
info@bitmicro.com
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