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Oxford Semiconductor is a global leader in connectivity
technology and provides a broad portfolio of products enabling electronic
devices to exchange or back-up data and share resources. The company's high
performance connectivity solutions are an essential ingredient in a diverse
range of highly differentiated end products, from external data storage and
mobile phones to printers and point-of-sale equipment. Oxford's market leading
product portfolio includes: Direct-attached (FireWire /
USB) and
network-attached storage
controllers. Serial communication bridges for PCI, miniPCI, Compact
Flash and PC Cards. USB
host, peripheral and On-The-Go controllers. Network connectivity controllers.
Founded in 1992, Oxford Semiconductor is a privately held fabless company
headquartered in Milpitas, California. It operates design centers and regional
offices worldwide. For more information visit http://www.oxsemi.com.
see
also:-
Oxford
Semiconductor - editor mentions on StorageSearch.com
- editor's note:- in December 2008 -
PLX Technology announced
a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of Oxford Semiconductor, Inc.
Established in 1992, Oxford
Semiconductor has been providing reliable, high-performance silicon and software
solutions to interconnect digital systems, including PCIe, USB, FireWire,
Ethernet, SATA and eSATA. Oxford's unaudited revenues for the first 9 months of
2008 were $29 million.
Oxford's corporate headquarters are located in
Milpitas, California, with most of its employees based in Oxford's design center
in Abingdon, United Kingdom.
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- SSD Myths and Legends - "write endurance" |
| Does the
fatal gene of "write endurance" built into
flash
solid state
disks prevent their deployment in intensive server acceleration
applications - such as RAID
systems? |
It was
certainly true as little as a few years ago.
What's the risk with
today's devices?
This article looks at the current generation of
products and calculates how much (or how little) you should be worried. |
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| RAM based SSDs have been
used alongside RAID for years - but flash SSDs are physically smaller and have
bigger capacity (160G in 2.5") and are lower cost than RAM-SSDs and could
actually be configured in standard RAID boxes. F-SSDs aren't as fast as RAM
based products but a single flash SSD can deliver 20,000 IOPs - which when
scaled up in an array - starts to look interesting. ...read the article,
storage reliability
solid state disks | |
