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..........	Adtron Founded in 1985, Adtron is a leading designer and global supplier of true industrial grade SSDs for embedded applications in the telecom, defense/aerospace, industrial automation, medical, and transportation markets.
	Incorporating standard form factors (including 2.5-inch, 3.5-inch, cPCI, ATCA and VME) and based on proven Adtron™ SmartStorage™ framework, Adtron products are designed to meet the stringent requirements of the world's most demanding industrial applications. The Adtron Quality Management System is ISO 9001:2000 certified. Adtron is headquartered in Phoenix Arizona with channels in all global markets.	In March 2008, Adtron became a wholly-owned subsidiary of SMART Modular Technologies
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true industrial grade 2.5" PATA / SATA SLC flash SSDs from Adtron ...	Adtron Corporation - address and links
	Adtron Corporation 4415 E. Cotton Center Blvd., Suite 100 Phoenix, AZ 85040 USA tel:- +1 602 735 0300 fax:- +1 602 735 0349 email:- marketing@adtron.com url:- http://www.adtron.com	Adtron's markets:- telecoms, military, factory automation, medical etc SSD products overview Adtron news Adtron's international sales locations

See also:- Adtron - editor mentions on STORAGEsearch.com

• editor's note:- in February 2008, SMART Modular Technologies announced it was acquiring Adtron.
  
  In the 2nd quarter of 2008 Adtron was sampling "true industrial grade" SLC flash SSDs with 128GB capacity in a 9.5mm-high package - the highest density SLC SSD in this form factor.
  
  In August 2008 - SMART Modular Technologies announced 6 new SSDs. These include faster 2.5" and 1.8" models. The SMART 2.5" XceedUltra2 SATA SSD delivers sustained read/write performance of up to 135MB/s and 105MB/s, respectively, while requiring fewer than 2 watts in active mode. The SMART 1.8" XceedLite SATA SSD operates at 72MB/s read and 55MB/s sustained write speeds and uses under 1 watt of power in active mode.
  
  In February 2009 - SMART Modular Technologies announced new 3.5" parallel SCSI SSDs with upto 128GB and faster secure erase for industrial, defense, and other embedded applications that require extremely rugged storage devices and legacy interfaces.
  
  In April 2009 - Adtron dropped out of the Top 10 Solid State Disk OEMs - based on storage searches in Q1 2009 (ranking was #11.) However, as was the case with some other companies - mentioned in that article - the drop in rank was not due to a decrease in reader stats for Adtron compared to the previous quarter. It was simply that in a fast growing market - some others were growing faster.
  
  In June 2009 - SMART Modular Technologies disclosed it had used Marvell's SSD controller in SMART's new XceedIOPS PCIe SSD which offers upto 400GB capacity and 140,000 random IOPS performance.
  
  In August 2009 - SMART Modular Technologies announced a new range of rugged 2.5" 256GB SSDs for defense applications. Data declassification compliance is implemented by the company's EraSure technology. The models comply with MIL-STD-810F environmental specifications for operating shock, vibration, humidity and altitude, and each drive passes a demanding 8 hour, full-temperature range burn-in test prior to shipment.
  
  In September 2009 - SMART Modular Technologies announced it has selected the SandForce SF-1500 SSD processor for use in its next-generation enterprise-class SATA SSDs sampling later this year.
  
  In October 2009 - SMART announced that it has been selected by Harris Corp to provide SSDs for use in its Mass Storage Unit program. The new MSU, which is part of a larger F/A-18 program, is the first of a new family of avionics file servers. Harris selected SMART's XceedSecure 2.5" SATA SLC flash SSD for the in-flight file server application. XceedSecure SSDs include EraSure technology, which provides secure erase features.

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