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NeoMagic

NeoMagic designs and delivers consumer electronic device solutions with semiconductors and software for video, television, imaging, graphics, and audio. We provide low cost, innovative chip technology for tomorrow's entertainment and communication needs. Our solutions offer low power consumption, small form-factor and high performance processing. As part of our complete system solution, we deliver a suite of middleware and sample applications for imaging, video and audio functionality, and we provide multiple operating system ports with customized drivers for our products. Our product portfolio includes semiconductor solutions known as applications processors. Our applications processors are sold under the “MiMagic” brand name with a focus on enabling high performance processor within a low power consumption environment. The Company has developed the Horizon Digital Picture Frame kit using our MiMagic 6+ application processor. Our capabilities give our partners and their customers high quality answers to excite and enhance the consumer's lifestyle. For more information, visit http://www.neomagic.com.

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NeoMagic mentions in SSD market history
In March 2004 - M-Systems announced that its DiskOnChip was being used in a smart phone design which used a microcontroller from NeoMagic. Although that was long before NeoMagic decided that the SSD market was attractive in its own right - it indicates that the company's traditional chip activities would have given it good visibility into embedded SSD markets.

In January 2011 - NeoMagic announced it was seeking finance to help expand its IP and presence in the SSD controller market.

"We are pleased to have Instream Partners assist us in obtaining development funding for a new suite of USB 3.0 based semiconductors that we expect to include UFD (USB flash drive) and SSD (solid state drive) controllers," said Syed Zaidi, President and CEO of NeoMagic Corporation. Mr. Zaidi continued, "Any funding received will allow us to expand our in-house development team and execute our strategic commitment to bring new technologies to market."

In February 2012 - NeoMagic announced that the company is ready to demonstrate MagicVault, its USB 3.0 based UFD USB Flash Drive Controller solution on an FPGA platform.

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Surviving SSD sudden power loss
Why should you care what happens in an SSD when the power goes down?

This important design feature - which barely rates a mention in most SSD datasheets and press releases - has a strong impact on SSD data integrity and operational reliability.

This article will help you understand why some SSDs which (work perfectly well in one type of application) might fail in others... even when the changes in the operational environment appear to be negligible.
image shows Megabyte's hot air balloon - click to read the article SSD power down architectures and acharacteristics If you thought endurance was the end of the SSD reliability story - think again. ...read the article
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