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Altec ComputerSysteme

Altec ComputerSysteme GmbH sells an extensive range of PCMCIA PC Card products and Solid State Disks for both industrial and commercial applications. From the development of customer-specified solutions for a wide range of applications through to technical support of turnkey industrial standard hardware and software systems, our engineers are ready to help you in all phases of system integration. In the field of Solid State Disks, we are one of the pioneers in the development of high performance semi-conductor memory technology. Our wide product range extends from Silicon Disks with relatively low memory capacities, through to 1.3", 1.8", 2.5" and 3.5" Solid State Disks with an IDE interface. Our highlight for advanced applications is a high-performance 3.5" DRAM Solid State Disk with SCSI Ultra Fast Wide Interface.

  • editor's comments:- October 2010 - Altec have been in the SSD market for over 10 years. Originally their products supported the industrial and embedded markets.

    Their product mix includes their own products - which convert flash cards into HDD compatible form factors - with USB or PATA interfaces. And, historically, they have been the German distributor for many leading SSD manufacturers.
Altec mentions in SSD market history

In 1997 - Altec ComputerSysteme marketed a range of SSD modules which converted flash memory cards into parallel SCSI flash SSDs.

In July 2005 - Altec became the exclusive distributor in Germany for the SiliconDrive™ product range from SiliconSystems. And they still distribute these products (now part of WD).
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.

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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.
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this way to the Petabyte SSD..........................
In 2016 there will be just 3 types of SSD in the datacenter.

One of them doesn't exist yet - the bulk storage SSD.

It will replace the last remaining strongholds of hard drives in the datacenter due to its unique combination of characteristics, low running costs and operational advantages.
click to read the article -  reaching for the petabyte SSD - not as scary as you may think ... The new model of the datacenter - how we get from here to there - and the technical problems which will need to be solved - are just some of the ideas explored in this visionary article.

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