Founded in 1995, Biwin is
a global leader in flash storage products for enterprise, embedded and client
computing. The company has shipped over 100 million flash products to date.
See also:- Biwin
SSD products overview
Editor's notes:- June 2016 -
Biwin first came to my
attention in March 2012. The company has used a variety of controllers.
For
competing suppliers take a look at these directories:-
M.2 SSDs,
1.8" SSDs,
2.5" SSDs,
SATA SSDs,
notebook SSDs
and PCIe SSDs. |
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In May
2012 -
Biwin launched a range of
SandForce driven 2.5" enterprise SSDs under the
NuvoDrive
PX brand - that support up to 85,000 random write IOPS and features data
loss protection in the event of
sudden power
failure. These use synchronous MLC NAND flash as a storage medium, and can
also be built to order with eMLC or SLC NAND.
In June 2012 -
Biwin showed a (slow)
prototype
PCIe SSD at Computex 2012 -
signalling its intention to ship marketable PCIe SSD products.
In June 2013 -
Biwin said it used long
life, self healing tantalum capacitors in its power fail protection circuits. |
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| "SSD is going down! -
We're going down! If you've ever watched the movie Black Hawk Down - there's a
memorable scene in which Super 64 has its tail hit by an RPG..." |
| Surviving SSD
sudden power loss | | |
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| Biwin implements "don't
snore" mode in new ultrabook SSDs |
Editor:- May 30, 2013 - I
thought I was already pretty well versed up on
SSD related jargon but I
learned a new term today from Biwin - although it's
been kicking around the ORG
set since 2011 - and that is DEVSLP - which is a
DEVice
SLeeP (pdf) signal for SATA drives.
In the context of low power
SATA SSDs - this enables designers to completely shut down the SATA interface "saving
more power vs. the pre-existing Partial and Slumber power states".
Biwin
have implemented DEVSLP in a new mSATA SSD for
ultrabooks
- which cuts down the power draw to 3mW - which they say is 100x lower than
could be done in idle mode in pre-DEVSLP SATA SSDs. Biwin is showing their
new SSD - the M5301- next week at
Computex in Taiwan. | | |
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| "Even the very best
consumer SSDs available today are vastly inferior in performance and reliability
to the best SSDs in the enterprise and industrial markets. I'm not trying to
put you off. I'm just stating a fact. In that case - you may well ask - what's
so great about consumer SSDs? " |
| the consumer SSDs guide | | |
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