Just got this in my email. I'm going to CES next week in Vegas.
BiTMICRO Networks is pre-announcing the latest addition to its E-Disk Altima SSD family, the 832GB capacity Serial ATA Solid State Disk in 2.5 form factor, at the forthcoming CES 2008 in Las Vegas.
Below is a copy of the news release entitled BiTMICRO Set to Launch Industrys Highest Capacity 2.5-inch Serial ATA Solid State Disk with E-Disk® Altima SATA Flash SSD. The embargo date for this release is January 7, 2008.
BiTMICRO Set to Launch Industrys Highest Capacity 2.5-inch Serial ATA Solid State Disk with E-Disk® Altima 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
International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Las Vegas, NV January 7, 2008, 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® Altima SATA flash SSD in 2.5-inch form factor.
E-Disk® Altima 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. Whats more, BiTMICRO will be using its EDSA and LUNETA controllers to optimize the performance of the E-Disk® Altima 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® Altima 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® Altima 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 BiTMICROs 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® Altima 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® Altima 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® Altima 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® Altima 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 and LUNETA
The Enhanced Datamover and Storage Accelerator (EDSA) flash I/O controller is a proprietary ASIC that succeeds the highly successful disk controller chipset of BiTMICRO®s electronic disk technology. The EDSA 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® Altima solid state disk capacities to terabytes of pure flash memory.
EDSA goes hand in hand with the Logical Unifier of Extensive Transfer Arrays (LUNETA) ASIC, BiTMICROs 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 supports both NAND (SLC or MLC) and AND types of flash memory and is typically used in designs to complement the EDSA controller in applications that require scalability and management of larger amounts of flash devices.
About BiTMICRO Networks
BiTMICRO® 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® 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®, BiTMICRO®, Altima, EDSA and LUNETA 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 is pre-announcing the latest addition to its E-Disk Altima SSD family, the 832GB capacity Serial ATA Solid State Disk in 2.5 form factor, at the forthcoming CES 2008 in Las Vegas.
Below is a copy of the news release entitled BiTMICRO Set to Launch Industrys Highest Capacity 2.5-inch Serial ATA Solid State Disk with E-Disk® Altima SATA Flash SSD. The embargo date for this release is January 7, 2008.
BiTMICRO Set to Launch Industrys Highest Capacity 2.5-inch Serial ATA Solid State Disk with E-Disk® Altima 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
International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Las Vegas, NV January 7, 2008, 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® Altima SATA flash SSD in 2.5-inch form factor.
E-Disk® Altima 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. Whats more, BiTMICRO will be using its EDSA and LUNETA controllers to optimize the performance of the E-Disk® Altima 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® Altima 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® Altima 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 BiTMICROs 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® Altima 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® Altima 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® Altima 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® Altima 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 and LUNETA
The Enhanced Datamover and Storage Accelerator (EDSA) flash I/O controller is a proprietary ASIC that succeeds the highly successful disk controller chipset of BiTMICRO®s electronic disk technology. The EDSA 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® Altima solid state disk capacities to terabytes of pure flash memory.
EDSA goes hand in hand with the Logical Unifier of Extensive Transfer Arrays (LUNETA) ASIC, BiTMICROs 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 supports both NAND (SLC or MLC) and AND types of flash memory and is typically used in designs to complement the EDSA controller in applications that require scalability and management of larger amounts of flash devices.
About BiTMICRO Networks
BiTMICRO® 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® 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®, BiTMICRO®, Altima, EDSA and LUNETA 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.
I doubt we will see it for a while though... thats gotta be REALLY expensive right now.
