M-Systems has introduced what it claims is the “highest capacity, highest performance” flash drive on the market. The FFD Ultra320 SCSI flash drives, with capacities up to 176 GB, target military and aerospace applications, video servers, and broadcasting systems, according to the company.

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The FFD Ultra320 is packaged in a standard 3.5-inch hard drive form-factor, and achieves data rates to 320 Megabytes/second through an 80-pin SCSI connector, according to M-Systems. Up to 64 GB can be crammed into a half-inch high case. Larger capacities, up to 176 GB, require a one-inch case. The device implements M-Systems's TrueFFS flash management dynamic wear-leveling software, which is said to provide more than five million write/erase cycles.

M-Systems lists the following key features and specifications for the FFD Ultra320 SCSI:

• 320 MB/sec burst R/W rates
• 45 MB/sec sustained Read rate
• 40 MB/sec sustained Write rate
• Access time — less than 20 microseconds
• Capacity — 1 to 176 GB
• Hot swapping support (hot insertion)
• 99.999 percent reliability
• Greater than 700,000 hours (about eight years) of actual (in the field) MTBF
• Embedded EDC/ECC, based on BCH Algorithm

The company says the devices meet MIL-STD-810F standards for shock, vibration, and altitude, and have an operating temperature range of -40 to +85 degrees C. They also comply with NSA, DoD, IRIG 106, US Air Force, Navy, and Army procedures for secure “data sanitization” (purge).

Price and availability

The company is currently quoting a six week delivery time. “Volume” pricing is currently $1,350 and $1,950 for 4 GB and 8 GB capacities, respectively.

 
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