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editor's profile - the SSD Alliance, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan was
founded in Q4 2007 with the aim of developing standards for the
flash SSD market.
The
first meeting of the new ORG was held on May 8, 2008.
see also:-
Storage ORGs,
SSDs - market
research & analysts
- editor's comments:- the
SSDA's compliance
program includes design and test criteria, and for end-user marketing
purposes includes the use of a logo which says "SSD certified".
Since
the setting up of the SSD Alliance, several other ORGs have also announced
standards initiatives for the SSD market. These include:-
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And
taking the SSD branding theme in another direction - in May 2010 -
SSD SoC company, SandForce,
officially announced
a branding program called - SandForce
Driven SSDs. |
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SSD run backwards? |
SSDs are complex devices and there's a
lot of mysterious behavior which isn't fully revealed by
benchmarks and
vendor's product datasheets and whitepapers. Underlying all the important
aspects of SSD behavior are
asymmetries
which arise from the intrinsic technologies and architecture inside the SSD.
Which symmetries are most important in an SSD?
That
depends on your application. But knowing that these symmetries exist, what they
are, and judging how your selected SSD compares will give you new insights
into SSD
performance,
cost and
reliability.
There's
no such thing as - the perfect SSD - existing in the market today - but
the SSD symmetry list helps you to understand where any SSD in any memory
technology stands relative to the ideal. |
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