Electronica: Apacer Showcases Industrial Grade 3D TLC NAND, TCG Opal 2.0 SSD, and CorePower Solutions

Apacer Technology, Inc. will focus on six applications including IoT, server and networking, transportation, defense, gaming and healthcare.

Industrial 3D TLC NAND SSD solutions
Due to the continuous development of applications for IoT, storage devices are increasingly being sought to meet high standards of stability, performance and capacity. As a part of the company’s continued efforts to bring products to market, it has been strict with the adoption of flash chips used in our memory modules. Targeting industrial applications, the company is launching brand industrial 3D TLC NAND solutions that adopt 64-Layer BiCS3 structure and are equipped with over-provisioning technology to help optimize SSD performance, alleviate memory wear and prolong SSD lifespan. The ability to operate within a range of temperatures (-40°C ~ +85°C) means that even under severe conditions, the firm’s 3D TLC NAND SSD products will still deliver performance.

SM21P-M280 M2 SSD 

The development focus of the company’s 3D NAND-based industrial SSD products includes PCIe, 2.5″, M.2, mSATA, MO-297, CFast, SDM, uSSD, USB drive, etc.

TCG Opal 2.0 SSD solutions
The company’s storage devices compliant with the TCG Opal standards provide advantages over software-based encryption in terms of performance, security, and management. With the implementation of hardware encryption, users can benefit from better performance. There is no burden on the host system and no extra host encryption elements required because all security functions take place within the device itself. In response to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that has come into force in the European Union, the firm has stepped in with TCG Opal-compliant SSDs as demand surges for data security solutions, giving self-encrypting drives (SEDs) a strong foothold in the industrial SSD market. Supporting products include 2.5″, M.2, mSATA, and MO-297.

CorePower technology
As SSDs are often deployed in harsh and extreme environments, data becomes vulnerable. Power loss can certainly pose a potential threat to data integrity. For SSDs built with volatile DRAM buffers, damage can be even more severe because data can be lost if power failures occur before the cached data is moved into the non-volatile NAND flash.

To ensure data integrity and the stability of data transmission in the event of power outage, the company has developed the hardware-based technology called CorePower. It equips SSDs with electrolytic capacitors and an IC detector that can deliver urgent power current so that the flash controller can take this extended moment to flush cached data and essential metadata into NAND flash blocks. CorePower products come in a variety of form factors, including 2.5″, M.2, mSATA, MO-297, and CFast.

DDR4 XR-DIMM

Rugged XR-DIMM solutions
The company’s XR-DIMM uses the board-to-board connector design to fit tightly and securely onto the motherboard. In addition, it adopts the durable 300-pin connector and mounting holes to prevent memory modules from dislocating due to vibration or shock. This improves the reliability of memory signal transmissions, serving as the strongest support for all the applications. Its connector design meets the anti-vibration and anti-shock standards of MIL-STD-810 and ANSI/VITA 47-2005. Furthermore, it supports underfill, anti-sulfuration, conformal coating, and wide temperature technologies which ensure stable operation even in severely harsh environments. The firm’s XR-DIMM is compatible with DDR4 2133/2400 specification, supports ECC function and comes in two capacity choices of 8 and 16GB.