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Founded in 1997, Apacer Technology Inc. is a global leader in
memory module and digital storage hardware and software. Since the company's
inception, Apacer's focus on recording, reproducing and retaining all types of
digital data has been the driving force in providing customers with the best
memory products and services. Please visit our site at www.apacer.com.tw for
more about Apacer and its products.
See also:-
Apacer
- editor mentions in STORAGEsearch.com
- editor's comments:- March 2010 - Apacer makes SSDs for the
industrial market with PATA,
SATA and
USB interfaces.
Paradoxically
most of its RAM related
editorial communications are focused on the consumer / gamer markets. The news announcements on its
own web site can be as much as 6 months out of date - compared to the emails
they send me as an editor. That presents difficulties in finding pages to link
to on their site for readers who want to follow up more info. It's either
sloppy web marketing - or a
symptom that they are relying on partners to do their marketing and sales for
them.
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Apacer recent milestones in
SSD market
history
In January 2009 -
Apacer launched a
miniature SLC flash SSD - the
Mini
SAFD 25M - which fits into 1/2 the footprint of a
2.5" SSD. Capacity
ranges from 256MB to 16GB and R/W speed is 35MB/s and 25MB/s respectively. A
shell is available for users who want to mount this in a 2.5" hard disk
slot.
In March 2009 -
Apacer launched the SAFD
254 range of SATA 2.5" SLC flash SSDs. Aimed at the industrial market,
operating temperate is from -40°C to + 85°C. Capacity is from 8GB
to 128GB. R/W speeds are 150MB/s and 130MB/s respectively. Internal S.M.A.R.T
technology logs spare blocks and erase counts. ECC corrects upto 8 bit errors
per 512 bytes. Power consumption is 400mA (active), 140mA (idle). Volume
production starts in Q2 2009 - with antipicated prototype price of $900 for
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Here, below, are some
examples.
- SSD
Market History - lists product and technology milestones in the 30 years of
the SSD market upto the end of 2009.
- RAM Cache
Ratios in flash SSDs - it's important to know the underlying RAM cache
architecture - even if you're happy with the R/W and IOPS performance.
- 2010 - 1st Fizz
in the SSD Bubble? - even the dogs in the street know this is going to be a
multibillion dollar market. Greed will play as big a part as technology in
shaping the
SSD year ahead.
- the pros and cons of
using SSD ASAPs - auto tuning SSD appliances are a new category of SSD
which entered the market in the 2nd half of 2009 to accelerate servers without
needing human tune-ups. How can you tell if they are right for you? And how
well do they work?
- the Problem
with Write IOPS - in flash SSDs - long established as a useful performance
modeling metric - this article explains why some specs are exaggerated when
applied to flash SSDs - or predict the wrong results for many common
applications.
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