Virtium Introduces Line of StorFly Embedded SATA SSDs

Virtium Technology introduced
its line of StorFly solid-state storage products.

The Virtium StorFly SSD portfolio
includes 1.8 and 2.5-inch SATA, Slim SATA, mSATA and CFast form factors that
are designed for embedded systems that have unique capacity and workload
requirements.

StorFly SSDs are optimized to meet the
storage needs of a range of embedded application form factors and usage models,
which differ substantially from storage requirements of client or enterprise
applications.

Eliminating the need for costly product
qualifications, StorFly SSDs deliver stable configurations and are engineered
for the long-life needs of networking, industrial automation, medical, military
and gaming systems. They also provide the ruggedness and flexibility today’s
embedded systems demand by offering extended temperature operation, low power
at peak performance and a range of capacity points.

Virtium has opened a SSD design center.
Team of firmware, hardware and test engineers is focused on solid-state storage
development and in-depth characterization of Virtium SSDs applied to varying
embedded workloads.

"Firmware expertise is key in ensuring diverse
application needs are met with the most cost-effective solid-state
technology," said Gary Drossel, VP of product strategy at Virtium.
"We are leveraging the design center to develop significant IP for the
embedded SSD space that allows us to offer customers the longest possible
product life cycles enabling them to take advantage of long term cost
reductions."

"The introduction of our StorFly products
demonstrates Virtium’s deepening commitment to the embedded systems market and
complements our memory module product portfolio. StorFly SSDs match
non-volatile storage technology with embedded systems’ unique usage
models," said Phu Hoang, CEO at Virtium. "Over the last several
years, we have expanded our technology relationships and broadened our access
to talented engineers for the SSD design center. This new center further
strengthens Virtium’s next-generation storage technology development, and puts
us at the forefront in offering future storage product advancements for
embedded system OEMs."

"This is the first of multiple StorFly SSD
family announcements. Virtium has made a conscious effort to align our StorFly
roadmap to match embedded systems’ requirements for specific storage capacities
and use cases," explained Drossel. "StorFly gives our customers a
truly embedded SSD, which eliminates the design trade-offs required when using
SSDs designed for client or enterprise workloads. StorFly hits the sweet spot
compared to low-end client SSDs where performance and reliability may vary.
Enterprise SSDs, on the other hand, are engineered to handle thousands of
virtual users and are therefore overkill for most embedded applications."

Virtium’s low power StorFly 1.8 and 2.5-inch SATA,
Slim SATA, mSATA and CFast products are available in capacities ranging from 8
to 256GB. Enhanced performance and capacity additions to the product line will
be announced later in 2012.