Optiarc Into SSD With 2.5-Inches SATA Up to 480GB Line With 3D NAND 96-Layer Memory Cells

Optiarc, Inc., brand of optical disc drives owned by a US company Vinpower, Inc., known for its professional line of optical disc drives, has entered into SSD.

The VP Series SSD focuses on protecting data integrity to safeguard the user’s vulnerable content by protecting against cell corruption and permanent fatal errors, ensuring the user will be able to maintain their content indefinitely.

Data retention has become an integral concern in the flash storage industry. As the capacity continues to increase with 3D NAND flash memory technology, currently utilizing 96-layer memory cells, SSD manufacturers are able to increase flash memory storage while decreasing the device’s physical footprint. The problem is that 3D NAND cells are built vertically in strings, meaning a defect in a single cell will most likely negatively affect the performance of the entire cell string. This minor contamination could lead to massive failure potentially causing total data loss.

“Given that SSD offers higher performance with less power consumption than a standard magnetic HDD, plus capacities are increasing while costs are decreasing, SSD are becoming the de facto HDDs, for personal computers,” declares Ryan Swerdloff, VP sales and marketing.

With more people using SSD as their primary HDD, these SSD will contain both the user’s OS as well as their personal data. If that SSD were to irretrievably fail, the user could lose content.

It is with that security and vulnerability in mind that the company focuses on maintaining data integrity to prevent potential data loss across the VP series of SSD.

The firm is able to ensure this high bar of across their full SSD product line by utilizing the following implementations:

• Source the parts and components available, using higher material purity and pre-qualified 3D NAND chips.

• Tune the SSD firmware to better control the data flow and prevent errors or overloading at the cellular level. This regulates the flow of content and directs it to the appropriate cell(s), to prevent cells from potentially being over worked and also creates faster retention. Additionally, the firmware can detect if a cell has the potential to fail and balances the loading in that cell to prevent the possibility of failure and potential data loss.

• Implement testing procedures that go far beyond the standardized mainstream testing process. Use of hardware to test each element of every single SSD to check the drive’s potential to fail, robustness of its memory and cellular structure, RW speed optimization, and more to protect against contamination and ensure long term reliability and stability.

“Because of these three key factors; high caliber components, enhanced firmware, and intense testing, Optiarc is able to virtually eliminate the risk of data loss and corrupted data integrity across its entire line of SSD models,” stated Calvin Chang, CEO.

While many SSDs on the market tout their massive memory capacity, low costs, or fast operating speed, it is all inconsequential if your SSD crashes. The company is dedicated to offering affordable, high capacity, fast SSDs, with a focus on preserving data and preventing corruption and data loss due to faulty components or memory. The risk of using a low grade SSD or any SSD that doesn’t perform adequate qualification procedures could have catastrophic effects, resulting in potential total data loss of the entire SSD. When it comes to the content on a person’s SSD, the firm believe it’s more important to protect the data stored on the drive, than taking the risk to save a few dollars.

The VP Series SSD currently is offered in 120GB (P/N OPT120S325-R), 240GB (P/N OPT240S325-R) and 480GB (P/N OPT480S325-R), higher capacity coming soon.

Source Optiarc:
The Optiarc product line was established to meet a growing and frequently underserved marketplace, the professional and discriminating digital duplication market. Over the years, many digital media manufacturers have focused more on reducing costs, which has come at the expense of quality. Instead, the company focused on improving the quality while still maintaining affordability for the consumers. Additionally, Optiarc maintains a consistency in quality and performance across every line produced to ensure that the reliability and consistency.

Vinpower Digital incorporated its own technology into the Optiarc product lines, in terms of how to produce compatibility, consistency, and reliability. Instead of overhauling the method in manufacturing, The firm helped devise how to focus creating the highest compatibility and reliability when used in either high volume large production or simple sporadic application. These advances were created through Vinpower’s technological experience in the field of digital storage and duplication hardware and their cooperation with high profile manufacturers in the field.

Focus:
Becoming a supplier of digital storage platforms as well as a manufacturer of digital duplication equipment, media and peripherals.,the company plan on achieving this goal by providing quality and reliable products combined with customer service and affordable pricing worldwide. With offices in the USA (corporate HQ), Taiwan, and China, as well as distribution channels around the world, the firm can meet the demands and pricing expected in an expanding market.

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