M-systems has announced new form-factors and capacities for uDiskOnChip, its line of tiny, embeddable flash storage devices based on a USB 2.0 electrical interface. The devices target gaming machines, POS, thin clients, servers, printers, and SBCs (single-board computers), and are supported under Linux.

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Original uDiskOnChip form-factor

M-Systems says its patented USB flash storage is based on single level cell (SLC) NAND flash technology and incorporates an ARM7-TDMI processor implementing the company's proprietary “True Flash File System” (TrueFFS), along with access control and data encryption algorithms.

The storage capacity range has been expanded to include devices ranging from 32 MB to 4 GB. A new, low-profile height of 6.88 mm is also now available.

In addition to Linux, the new uDiskOnChip devices can boot VxWorks, Windows CE, and Windows XP Embedded.

Parvus's COM-1440 supports two uDiskOnChip cards (Click to enlarge)

SBC vendor Parvus last month announced a PC/104 SBC designed to support a pair of the new M-Systems uDiskOnChip devices.

 
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