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efficient x86 processor platforms that are driving system innovation in the PC,
client, ultra mobile and embedded markets. Combining energy-saving processors
with digital media chipsets and advanced connectivity, multimedia and networking
silicon enables a broad spectrum of computing and communication platforms,
including its widely acclaimed ultra compact mainboards. Headquartered in
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Who's who in SSD?
- by
Zsolt Kerekes,
editor - -February 2012
VIA Tech doesn't currently
market SSDs but it looks like that will change soon.
The company
recently
disclosed
that it has licensed a processor core from Tensilica
for use in a new design of SSD controller.
There's a good precedent
for this.
When SandForce
came to market in April
2009 - their CEO (at that time) Alex Naqvi
told me their controller
used the dataplane processors from Tensilica.
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| Surviving SSD
sudden power loss |
Why should you care
what happens in an SSD when the power goes down?
This important design
feature - which barely rates a mention in most SSD datasheets and press releases
- has a strong impact on
SSD data integrity
and operational
reliability.
This article will help you understand why some
SSDs which (work perfectly well in one type of application) might fail in
others... even when the changes in the operational environment appear to be
negligible. |
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