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..........	DTS DTS makes the Platinum SSD, the fastest 2.5" SATA flash SSD. The Platinum SSD is compatible with any OS that supports SATA and appears just like a regular hard drive but with 40,000 random IOPS performance. It has orders of magnitude better endurance than pure flash SSDs due to the write attenuation (opposite of write amplication) which results from its large non volatile internal gigabyte RAM cache..
	Using the Platinum SSD from DTS, you can improve the performance of many server applications significantly compared to using most other flash SSDs. DTS was founded in 1996 and has facilities in Japan, US and Pakistan.
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Platinum M-Cell SSD the fastest - 2.5" SATA flash SSD from DTS	DTS - address and links
	DTS, Inc. (US Headquarters) 111 N. Market St., 6th floor San Jose, CA 95113 USA tel:- +1 (408) 351-3376 email:- dtsusa@dts-1.com url:- http://www.platinumhdd.com	..........	Platinum M-Cell SSD brochure (pdf) some of DTS' customers / partners

See also:- DTS - editor mentions on STORAGEsearch.com

• editor's comments:- DTS is an advocate of "fat" flash SSDs. To see what I mean by this - and how this approach compares to the rest of the market take a look at the article - RAM Cache Ratios in flash SSDs.
  
  In February 2009 - DTS announced availability of the fastest 3.5" SATA SSD - the Platinum HDD 2009 model. Internally it has a 1GB RAM SSD which operates as a non volatile RAM cache for an internal flash SSD (320GB to 512GB). Aimed at server acceleration applications performance is 25,000 R/W IOPS, read speed is 250MB/s, and write speed is upto 240MB/s. DTS says the huge nv cache also attenuates writes (opposite of write amplification) - thereby reducing flash wear by x10 to x400 compared to conventional flash SSDs.
  
  In June 2009 - DTS won a best of show award at Interop Tokyo 2009 for its Platinum SSD. The company says it will ship a 2.5" version of this product - which delivers about 40,000 IOPS and 250MB/s R/W - later this month.

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