Memory

SMART Modular has announced the SP2800 family of PCIe NVMe SSD products designed to meet the needs of networking, storage, server, and other high-performance enterprise server applications. The introduction of the SP2800 PCIe NVMe SSD product family under SMART’s DuraFlash product portfolio follows the MDC7000 Enterprise and Data Center SSD Form Factor (EDSFF) product launched last month.

At the 2020 International Electron Devices Meeting, imec presented a novel dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) cell architecture that implements two indium-gallium-zinc-oxide thin-film transistors (IGZO-TFTs) and no storage capacitor.

Microchip Technology has announced a radiation-tolerant, 64 Megabit (Mbit) parallel-interface SuperFlash memory device with Total Ionising Dose (TID) tolerance for maximum reliability and robustness in the harsh radiation environment of space missions.

Addlink has announced the launch of the next-generation Gen4x4 NVMe 1.4 SSD. Delivering a performance for gaming, the Addlink S95 SSD comes with the latest Phison premium controller, PS5018-E18 and the reliable TLC NAND flash memory, attached with an external DDR4@2666 cache, and including SLC caching technology.

KIOXIA Europe has announced it will be expanding its Kitakami Plant site in Iwate Prefecture, Japan to further increase production capacity of its proprietary 3D Flash memory BiCS FLASH. The 136,000 square metre area adjacent to the current site will create room for the future construction of the company's 'K2' manufacturing facility, with site preparation work to commence in spring of 2021 and be completed by spring of 2022.

TYAN introduced its latest cloud and storage server platforms powered by 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors, which target modern data centres and enterprise markets, at SC20 virtual event in November.

In response to the rising demand for robust boot drives and removable data storage in the proven CFast form factor, Swissbit has launched its latest memory card F-800 product series. Featuring high-quality SLC-NAND flash memory chips and the very latest controller firmware, F-800 offers maximum performance, durability, and reliability as memory for embedded systems and industrial applications.

Swissbit has announced that it has extended the availability of its SLC-based SD memory cards, microSD memory cards and CompactFlash cards. The new product series S-250(u) and C-350 deploy the same product architecture as the previous S-200(u) and C-300 products.

Xilinx and Samsung Electronics have  announced the availability of the Samsung SmartSSD Computational Storage Drive (CSD). Powered by Xilinx FPGAs, the SmartSSD CSD is an adaptable computational storage platform providing the performance, customisation, and scalability required by data-intensive applications.

Micron Technology has begun volume shipments of its 176-layer 3D NAND flash memory, achieving density and performance. Together, Micron’s new 176-layer technology and advanced architecture enables gains in application performance across a range of storage use cases spanning data centre, intelligent edge and mobile devices.