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Viking Technology, founded in 1989, leads the Enterprise storage market in hybrid storage technologies, merging solid state solutions with DRAM technology, with solutions such as SATADIMMTM (an SSD in DIMM form factor) and ArxCis-NVTM (a Non-Volatile DIMM, merging DRAM and Flash). With a breadth of solutions that bridge DRAM and SSD, Viking has the ability to deliver storage solution ranging from high-performance computing to embedded kiosks. For more information, visit www.vikingtechnology.com.

Viking Technology is a technology division of Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM), a leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider. The two companies have established a legacy of providing Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) customers with innovative technological development, industry certified manufacturing facilities and the benefits of a global supply chain with long standing, strategic partnerships.

see also:- Viking - editor mentions on STORAGEsearch.com, Viking's SSD page

  • editor's comments:- October 2011 - among other things Viking designs and makes SSDs and nv memory solutions in various form factors for the embedded industrial, server and military markets.

    Sometime in the period between April and October 2011 the company quietly changed its name from Viking Modular Solutions to Viking Technology.

    If you're considering Viking's SSD products for your design projects then you may be interested in competing products in these directories too:- 1 inch (and smaller SSDs), 2.5" SSDs and fast secure erase / purge SSDs.
Viking - editor mentions from SSD market history

In February 2009 - Viking Modular Solutions launched the ArxCis-NV - an SSD based backup for RAID controller cache. When the external logic power rail drops - internal Supercapacitors sustain power inside the module long enough (typically 10 to 15 seconds) to save the cache contents to an SLC SSD.

In March 2009 - Viking Modular Solutions launched the SATA Cube - a flash SSD which provides upto 256GB capacity in a small 30x32mm footprint. Sustained R/W speeds are 110MB/s and 79MB/s respectively. It's available as a BGA device or with a MicroSATA connector.

In January 2010 - Viking Modular Solutions announced it is sampling a range of SAS and SATA compatible SSDs using controllers from SandForce. Form factors will include:- 1.8", 2.5" and innovative "non-HDD-like" solutions for space constrained and/or rugged applications.

In August 2010 - Viking Modular Solutions started sampling its Slim SATA SSD - which provides upto 120GB capacity and 260MB/s R/W speeds in less than half the size of a 2.5" SSD.

In October 2011 Viking announced an extension of their non volatile module range. The DDR3 ArxCis-NV plugs into standard RAM sockets and provides 2GB to 8GB RAM which is backed up to SLC flash in the event of a power failure - while the memory power is held up by application dependent supercap arrays.

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