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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 and
Imation's
SSD page
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| Imation -
recent milestones in
SSD history
and storage
history |
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
In March 2010 -
Imation
announced
it has extended its RDX (removable hard disk) license agreement with
ProStor Systems through
2020. Imation also announced that it has invested $5 million to help advance
ProStor's technology.
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| SSD Data Recovery
Concepts |
It's hard enough understanding the design
of any single SSD. And there are so
many different designs
in the market.
Have you ever wondered what it looks like at the
other end of the SSD supply chain - when a user has a damaged SSD which
contains priceless data with no usable backup? |
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