ATP From Taiwan Introduces advancedMLC Technology 

ATP Electronics, Inc., manufacturer of embedded flash and ruggedized SSD and DRAM modules, introduces advancedMLC, also known as aMLC. 

Developed by ATP, aMLC is a firmware technology uniquely implemented onto ATP’s NAND flash products to improve the endurance and performance of these storage devices while using mainstream MLC NAND to provide the best cost effective solution for any R/W intensive applications.
 
Endurance and performance are the two critical factors for a NAND flash storage device to meet the demanding industrial operating requirements. However, system and product designers often have to make compromises to fulfill the necessary criteria due to the inherent high cost of SLC NAND flash components. To address this requirement, ATP introduces c technology by implementing its firmware to manipulate four states of MLC into two states, which widens the disturbance margins among NAND flash cells.

In addition, aMLC can provide more than 13x (40K P/E) higher endurance than traditional MLC NAND, with write performance close to SLC. As such, aMLC is suited for any write intensive application requiring competitive Drive-Write-Per-Day over Cost (DWPD/Cost).

The initial aMLC product lines include mSATA, SlimSATA, and 2.5″ SSD, with others to follow.