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pureSilicon designs, manufactures, and markets non-volatile, solid-state storage devices based on Flash memory technologies. Headquartered in New Jersey, the company specializes in developing leading-edge Solid-State Drives (SSDs) that meet the demands of the most discriminating environments. pureSilicon offers an extensive line of Flash-based memory solutions specifically targeting original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs). For more information visit http://www.puresi.com.

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  • editor's comments:- in October 2008 - pureSilicon emerged from stealth mode and said it is sampling the Renegade SSD - a rugged MIL-STD-810F compliant 128GB SATA flash SSD with integrated encryption.

    In January 2009 - pureSilicon said it is sampling the highest density 2.5" SSD - with 1TB capacity in a 9.5mm high form factor. Sustained read / write performance is 240MB/s and 215MB/s respectively. The SATA SSD has latency under 100 µsec and is rated at 50,000 read IOPS, and 10,000 write IOPS. I asked if compression was involved in achieving the capacity - but was told - no. Internally it's got 128 pieces of 64Gb MLC NAND.

    In October 2009 - pureSilicon announced shipments for its Renegade R2 Series 2.5" SATA SLC flash SSDs. Sequential R/W speeds are 255MB/s and 180MB/s respectively. IOPS performance is:- 18,000 IOPS random read: (4K) and 1,200 IOPS random write. Capacities upto 128GB in a low profile (9.5mm height) 2.5" form factor and -40°C to +85°C operating temperature.
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