Bitmicro Networks Inc. has announced a new drive in the company's SCSI solid-state disk drive family. According to company sources, the E-Disk SUD35 represents the industry's first Ultra Wide SCSI Low Voltage Differential solid state flash disk. Bitmicro's E-Disks are fully supported under Linux.

The E-Disk SUD35 matches the dimensions of a conventional 3.5″ hard drive and boasts specs of 0.048 mS access time, 34MB/Sec random sustained data read/write rates with burst transfers of up to 40 MB/Sec. Maximum capacity is currently 18.9 GBytes. SCSI cable lengths may be as long as 12 meters, without data degradation. Because the E-Disks do not rely on magnetic media, the drives offer much greater data longevity and reliability, are light weight, and do not require airflow for cooling.

Bitmicro claims that the E-Disk's wear-leveling is so effective that a 1GB drive can sustain an average 100GB erase/write cycles per day for more than 27 years. Scaling the erase/write requirement back to 100MB per day, the drive can be expected to last 27,000 years. Contact the factory for a price quotation on a 26,999 year warranty extension.

 
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