M-Systems announced the extension of its Fast Flash Disk (FFD) 2.5 product line with new capacities now up to 2,432MB for IDE and 2,688MB for SCSI. This new maximum capacity is double the previous capacities for both product lines in the 2.5″ hard drive form-factor. The IDE and SCSI drives use flash memory as their media, but are otherwise functionally compatible with conventional magnetic media hard… drives. Both drive families are fully supported under Linux.

M-Systems FFD drives are used in embedded and applied computing applications that require high reliability and ruggedness, such as Telecom infrastructure network elements, video servers, in-flight entertainment products, and military products.

The FFD family of flash disk products contains a flash file system developed by M-Systems called TrueFFS, which provides the required error detection, error correction, and wear leveling functions required for reliable operation of flash memory as read/write media. Being solid state and having no moving parts, FFD products withstand extreme shocks, vibrations and harsh environmental conditions. Predicted Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) rates exceed 30 years. Read/write data transfer rates are 3.5 and 2.4 MB/Sec for IDE and 3.6 and 3.4 for SCSI, respectively.

The new higher capacity FFD 2.5 IDE flash disks are currently in mass production and the new SCSI form factors will go into mass production during the first half of 2001.

 
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