From a manufacturing point of view the existing flash cells have reached their maximum shrinking potential. A flash cell size that initially started out with a size of 350nm in 1997 has in recent years evolved to a cell size of 12nm. On the one hand the shrinking process enabled manufacturer...
SMART Modular is a global leader in specialty memory solutions such as DRAM memory modules, solid-state drives, and flash-based removable and embedded Memory. SMART Modular delivers solutions to a broad customer base, including OEMs that compete in the c
DRAM cache:SSDs that have a DRAM cache are faster than their counterparts without it since your CPU does not need to access the slower NAND chips for mapping tables while fetching or moving data. This is also important for the TBW measurement since the CPU won’t cause extra wear to the...
SMART RUGGED SSDs are the industry's most rugged, reliable, and secure Flash storage that meets the needs of a wide variety of demanding applications found in the defense, aerospace, industrial automation, transportation, medical, energy, telecommunicati
SMART’s T5EN U.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs are equipped with SafeDATA™ technology, which adds another layer of protection for data. SafeDATA technology is a robust system of hardware and firmware that have SMART SSDs operate safely during any events of unexpected power loss. It guarantees the end...
The Crucial T500 uses the in-house Micron NVMe architecture controller with an eight-channel design that leverages LPDDR4 DRAM to accelerate FTL management. The Crucial T500, in case you're wondering, is rated to have sequential read and write speeds of up to 7,400MB/s and 7,000MB/s, re...
There are a couple of ways to tell whether you have a DRAM or DRAM-less SSD What is a DRAM cache? The speed of an SSD is highly dependent on its DRAM cache, a dynamic high-speed memory buffer that acts as the bridge between the storage device and the PC. Unlike the long-term da...
SMART RUGGED SSDs are the industry's most rugged, reliable, and secure Flash storage that meets the needs of a wide variety of demanding applications found in the defense, aerospace, industrial automation, transportation, medical, energy, telecommunicati
❌ You want the very fastest: Sure, there are faster on the market—but you'll have to dip into Gen 5 territory to significantly beat it, and there are major caveats that come with those drives as things stand. If you're looking for the best M.2 SSD for gaming, well, it's the...
SMART Modular is a global leader in specialty memory solutions such as DRAM memory modules, solid-state drives, and flash-based removable and embedded Memory. SMART Modular delivers solutions to a broad customer base, including OEMs that compete in the c