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There are hundreds of articles about SSDs on StorageSearch.com

Here, below, are some examples.

Top 10 SSD oems - there are 155 SSD oems. Which ones matter?

the Fastest SSDs - listed by form factor - updated daily

After SSDs... What Next? - the next "big thing" in storage.

Introducing the 1" SSD Market - 30 companies now make 1 inch and smaller storage drives. Who were the pioneers?

Choosing the Wrong SSD Supplier - how bad is the fallout?

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.

Why I Tire of - "Tier Zero Storage" - debunks Tier 0 storage babble

flash SSD Jargon Explained - explains commonly used terms.

3 Easy Ways to Enter the SSD Market - Nowadays it seems like everyone wants to get into the SSD market. This tells you how to do it.

Overviewing the Notebook SSD Market - This is a troubled and complex segment of the SSD market - which has earned a deservedly bad reputation.

Data Integrity Challenges in flash SSD Design - how enterprise SSD designers reduce the risk of "silent errors."

SSD Myths and Legends - "write endurance" - This classic article changed the way the server market viewed flash.

the Most Popular Products on StorageSearch.com - What can we learn about the storage market by looking at how the most popular storage products viewed by our readers have changed in recent years?

Why Consumers Can Expect More Flaky Flash SSDs! - Why is it already so bad? Why will it get even worse?

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Data Integrity Challenges in flash SSD Design

Editor:- October 16, 2009 - StorageSearch.com recently published a new article called - Data Integrity Challenges in flash SSD Design - written by Kent Smith Senior Director, Product Marketing, SandForce.

Since bursting onto the SSD scene in April 2009, SandForce has achieved remarkably high reader popularity. How did a company whose business is designing SSD controllers achieve this? - especially when the direct market for its products today numbers less than 1,000 oems.

The answer is - that if you want to know what the future of 2.5" enterprise SATA SSDs might look like -you have to look at the leading technology cores that will affect this market. Even if you're not planning to use SandForce based products yourself - you can't afford to ignore them - because they are setting the agenda.

Reliability is the next new thing for SSD designers and users to start worrying about.

A common theme you will hear from all fast SSD companies is that the faster you make an SSD go - the more effort you have to put into understanding and engineering data integrity to eliminate the risk of "silent errors." ...read the article

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