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Hyperstone, a fabless semiconductor and microprocessor design
company, was founded in 1990 and is based in Konstanz, Germany. Together with
subsidiaries in Taiwan, USA and with other worldwide partners, Hyperstone serves
a global customer base. Hyperstone is a member of CML Microsystems Plc group,
traded on the London Stock Exchange. The group currently consists of 8
subsidiaries and has over 250 employees. Hyperstone research and development is
based in Germany and Taiwan. Industry-leading partners provide world-class wafer
subcontracting, packaging, and testing services. Hyperstone's success is based
on the unique design of a unified RISC/DSP processor architecture that provides
both a fast RISC processor for data and control functions together with a
powerful DSP unit for efficient algorithm execution. Hyperstone designs require
less silicon, are more power efficient and require lower software complexity
when compared to conventional dual-core designs. Hyperstone's products include
the hyNet SoC for IP-Cameras and Real-Time Ethernet as well as microcontrollers
for SSDs, Disk-on-Module (DoM), Disk-on-Board (DoB), embedded Flash solutions
such as eMMC, and Flash cards such as CF, SD, microSD. More information is
available at www.hyperstone.com.
- editor's comments:- in February 2009 -
Hyperstone launched
a controller chip for oems designing industrial grade CF compatible
SSDs. The F4 provides safe
power-fail handling, proven error detection and correction and static wear
leveling. Data transfer rate to the attached flash memory array (16 chips) is
upto 80MB/s. Sustained R/W via the CF interface is upto 50MB/s and 40MB/s
respectively. Alternatively oems can add a
SATA bridge, or
RAID controller for
other markets.
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| Are MLC SSDs Safe
in Enterprise Apps? |
This is a follow up
article 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 takes you to a startling new world
of possibilities.
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