IoT Tech: Apacer Industrial Up to 512GB CFexpress Card

Apacer Technology, Inc. will introduce a CFexpress card that boasts read-write speeds faster than any other storage card on the market at IoT Tech Expo 2018 in Silicon Valley, CA.

The PV130-CFX were unveiled alongside the company’s other 3D TLC innovations on November 28 and 29. The 3D TLC solutions will find a home in many vertical applications, including transportation, logistics, healthcare, automation, intelligent manufacturing and smart cities. Products will benefit from this product’s capacity, speed and high-tolerance capabilities, and profit margins will grow thanks to its cost-effectiveness.

Nothing in storage card field can keep up
The PV130-CFX card is based on industrial-grade 3D TLC NAND flash memory, and has a capacity of up to 512GB. It supports over-provisioning technology as well as meeting the tolerance requirements of the IIoT field. Thanks to its top-of-the-line PCIe NVMe Gen3x2 interface, it offers transfer speeds up to three times higher than 6Gb SATA, giving it continuous R/W speeds of up to 1,600/1,000MB/s. It also features a built-in temperature control system for thermal throttling. This uses intelligent frequency modulation to ensure data stability and integrity is not threatened by higher temperatures.  Temperatures ranging from -40°C to 85°C.

Double-barreled solution means longer-lasting SSDs
The company will also be taking advantage of the opportunity at IoT Tech Expo 2018 to introduce its ‘Double-barreled’ solution to extending SSD lifespans. As the Io market spans multiple fields, the real-world usage behavior of storage devices is diverse and complex.

After adopting a particular SSD, customers often have difficulty understanding the actual usage behavior in the field, beyond the basic data such as the SSD’s status and remaining capacity. Therefore, the full benefit of the SSD may not be leveraged. To address issues like this, the firm developed a Double-barreled solution.

The first step is to determine the ideal SSD for a particular application, including selecting the most suitable firmware. This can be done within the company’s CoreAnalyzer2 software. Users can provide data to CoreAnalyzer2 via a field workload simulation. Then the firm will analyze it and recommend one or more SSDs that are most suitable for the simulation conditions, along with possible firmware adaptations that may prove beneficial.

The second step is to monitor SSD usage remotely, which can be easily done using SSDWidget2.0 software. This offers users the ability to identify which SSDs are approaching the end of their service lives, which can reduce manpower and maintenance costs, increasing cost competitiveness for enterprises. Preventing unwarranted downtime also means data integrity can be ensured.