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Afaya

Afaya, based in Taipei, Taiwan, is committed to maintaining its leading position as a solutions provider of flash memory products, leading the way with innovative ideas while staying current on popular trends and keeping an eye on potential upstart technology. As well, we are witnessing a rapid growth in demand from other, related technology sectors and Afaya is in the process of developing state-of-the-art products to anticipate those trends. At the top of Afaya's list of exciting new developments is to take advantage of its expertise in IC design and establish itself as a major player in the IC Design House market. Specifically, Afaya plans to develop, manufacture and market controller ICs designed specifically for flash memory interfaces used in devices such as digital cameras, computers, card readers, PDAs and cell phones. As for Afaya's globalization plans, we are currently building a worldwide network system with plans to begin partnerships with prominent Japanese companies which will help spur growth in market shares.

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Afaya - recent mentions in SSD market history

In June 2010 - Afaya announced details of a dual interface USB + SATA 256GB 2.5" flash SSD for mobile applications. R/W speeds are 170MB/s and 140MB/s respectively. It can survive 1,500G shock.
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Fast Purge SSDs when "Rugged" won't do
The need for fast and secure data erase - in which vital parts of a flash SSD or its data are destroyed in seconds - has always been a requirement in military projects.
Fast Purge flash SSDs directory & articles Although many industrial SSD vendors offer products with extended "rugged" operating environment capabilities - and even notebooks SSDs come with encryption - it's the availability of fast data purge which differentiates "truly secure" SSDs which can be deployed in sensitive applications.
Top 20 SSD companies - (14th quarterly edition)
Editor:- Which companies do you absolutely have to include in your thinking if you've got any new projects involving SSDs?

And which SSD companies are most likely to succeed?

With hundreds of manufacturers already in the SSD market - and hundreds more soon to enter - you have to know where you should prioritize your valuable time and attention.

For more than 3 years StorageSearch.com has published the quarterly list of the Top 10 SSD companies - which has accurately predicted the ebbs and flows of existing vendors and has been sensitive enough to recognize the industry's new rising stars from the background noise of the SSD bubble's hype.

Unlike editor or analyst pick lists - this is based on the scientific method of tracking and analyzing the search volume of the most important people who will decide the future of the SSD market - the millions of people - who like you have been reading our SSD content.

Each edition of the list includes a list of the top companies and a review an analysis of key SSD market milestones in that quarter. By comparing successive listings you can also see - who is on the way up and who is on the way down.
predicting the future winners in the SSD market - quarterly tracker The listings have been recently expanded to include the top 20 SSD companies - so you can get better visibility of which companies are hot on the heels of the leaders. ...read the article

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