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TDK Corporation (NYSE: TDK), a leading global electronics
company based in Japan. The company was established in 1935 to commercialize "ferrite,"
a key material in electronics and magnetics. TDK's current product line includes
ferrite materials, electronic components, factory automation solutions, anechoic
chambers & test systems, magnetic heads for hard disk drives (HDD) and power
supplies. Net sales in FY08 were US$8.7 billion.
- editor's comments:- in August 2007 - TDK announced a joint venture
with
PQI to research, develop
and market Disk on Module (DOM) and
Solid State Disks (SSDs).
In May 2009 - TDK
launched a range of
2.5" industrial temperature SATA SSDs (SLC and MLC) with upto 64GB
capacity and R/W speeds of 95MB/s and 55MB/s respectively. Other features
include 15-bit/sector ECC, 128-bit AES encryption and SMART. The new SSDs
include internal UPS and an auto-recovery function that automatically recovers
data when read disturbance errors occur. The company also launched a range of
1.8" SSDs.
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