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Imation Corp. is the only company in the world solely focused
on the development, manufacture and supply of
removable data storage
products spanning the four pillars of magnetic, optical, flash and removable
hard disk storage. With more than 50 years of data storage leadership beginning
with the development of the world's first computer tape, in 2006 Imation proudly
marked its 10th anniversary as an independent company. In addition to the
Imation brand, Imation Corp.'s global brand portfolio includes the Memorex
brand, one of the most widely recognized names in the consumer electronics
industry, famous for the slogan, "Is it live or is it Memorex?"
Imation is also the exclusive licensee of the TDK Life on Record brand, one of
the world's leading recording media brands. And as co-developer of Nickelodeon's
Npower brand of consumer electronics, Imation helps empower kids of all ages to
use the latest technology. Additional information about Imation and its brands
is available at www.imation.com or by calling 1-888-466-3456.
see also:-
Imation
- editor mentions on STORAGEsearch.com
- editor's notes:- in March 2008 -
Imation announced it
was entering the SSD market
with products oemed from Mtron.
Their SSD product line (in Feb 2009) is essentially identical to
Mtron's.
In
April 2008 - the company published a white paper called -
Flash
SSD Data Reliability and Lifetime (pdf). Starting from a description of
floating gates and going all the way up to the architecture of a
flash SSD this
paper written by Alan R. Olson & Denis J. Langlois includes good
descriptions of data failure modes, including:- erase failure, stress induced
long term leakage, disturb faults, and the potential for inadequate error
correction code coverage in MLC.
see also:- more
SSD reliability
articles, more storage
reliability articles |
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flash SSD
Jargon Explained
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| Understanding the list of
ingredients inside flash SSDs - is as important as knowing what you can do
with them - and
a new article on
StorageSearch.com tries to hit this fast moving target. |
"Just as some
foods are healthier than others - so too some SSDs are better suited for
particular applications" says editor Zsolt Kerekes.
"Better
user education about SSDs is a critical factor for the industry to sustain its
growth. Design tradeoffs in products go far deeper than the choice of memory
and interface. Being aware that there are other parameters which SSD vendors
have implemented well, badly (or not at all) can be the difference between a
satisfactory or disillusionary experience." ...read the article | |
