Santa Ana, CA — (press release excerpt) — SimpleTech, Inc. today announced what is claimed to be “the world's highest capacity Flash Disk Module in a miniaturized form-factor with true IDE interface.” The modules are intended for use in set-top boxes, mobile computing, and embedded applications using Linux, VxWorks, and other real-time operating systems.

Because they are compatible with the industry standard ATA/IDE disk drive interface from both a software and hardware perspective, SimpleTech's flash disk modules require no proprietary software drivers or connectors and no additional board space. The modules are offered with 40-pin or 44-pin IDE connectors in densities up to 512MB, or in 144-pin SoDIMMs in densities up to 2GB.

“Our goal is to offer miniaturized solutions for embedded applications such as PC/104 single board computers to replace DiskOnChip solutions that do not have the density or the software transparency of flash disk modules,” said Jeanclaude Toma, SimpleTech's vice president, marketing. “At the same time, we are addressing the needs of customers who [otherwise would have had to use a hard disk drive] because they need a minimum capacity that could not be offered by the previous generation of miniaturized flash storage devices.”

Samples of the 40-pin and 44-pin IDE modules are anticipated in late September, with production planned for October. Samples of 144-pin SoDIMMs are expected in late October, with production to begin in November.

 
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