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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.
see also:-
TDK
- editor mentions on STORAGEsearch.com
- editor's comments:- March 2011 - among other things TDK makes
industrial SSDs.
For competing alternatives see the
1" SSD directory. |
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TDK mentions in recent
SSD market
history
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.
In March 2010 -
TDK
launched the
SHG2A series of half slim, encrypted industrial
SATA SLC SSD modules
with upto 32GB capacity and R/W speeds of 95MB/s and of 55MB/s
respectively. ECC is 8 bit/sector (512 byte) correction (15 bit/sector
correction). Endurance
is 100,000 write cycles per block address (6.3 billion writes for a 16GB model).
TDK has a life span assessment tool which enables customers to monitor the
life span of these SSDs in their systems. | |
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