C-Cube Microsystems
C-Cube Microsystems is a worldwide leader in digital media processing and is
leading the way with new communication processors and networked consumer
products. With a focus on DVD, set-top boxes and codec-enabled products, C-Cube
is driving the technology for the "networked digital home."
C-Cube is headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., and has offices in North
America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit the company's web site at
www.c-cube.com. C-Cube and the C-Cube logo
are registered trademarks of C-Cube Microsystems Inc. All other trademarks or
registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
- Milpitas, Calif., May 11, 2001
LSI Logic Corporation
(NYSE: LSI) announced today that it has acquired the majority ownership of
C-Cube Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: CUBE) bolstering LSI Logic's portfolio of
silicon and software solutions for global consumer and communications markets.
The transaction is valued at approximately $850 million.
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Are MLC SSDs Ever
Safe in Enterprise Apps? |
This is a follow up
article (published in March 2008) to the popular
SSD Myths and
Legends which, a year earlier demolished the myth that flash memory
wear-out (a comfort blanket beloved by many
RAM SSD makers)
precluded the use of flash in heavy duty datacenters.
This new
article looks at the risks posed by MLC Nand Flash SSDs which have recently
hatched from their breeeding ground as chip modules in cellphones and morphed
into
hard disk form
factors. |
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It starts down a familiar
lane but an unexpected technology twist (which arrived in my email while
writing this article) takes you to a startling new world of possibilities.
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