SMART Modular Announces NVM Express Card Featuring MRAM Technology for Persistent Memory Applications
NEWARK, Calif., Aug.07, 2017(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SMART Modular Technologies, a subsidiary of SMART Global Holdings, Inc., (NASDAQ:SGH), and a leader in specialty memory, storage and hybrid solutions including memory modules, Flash memory cards and other solid state storage products, today announced its MRAM NVM Express Card. The PCIe HHHL (Half-Height Half-Length) form factor card is an MRAM based SSD that provides the high-speed and high-endurance associated with DRAMs, combined with the non-volatility of Flash without the need for power backup.
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SMART has partnered with Everspin Technologies, a leading pioneer in MRAM technology development, to launch this new MRAM-based product.SMART's new MRAM NVM Express Card allows OEMs to accelerate their enterprise compute and storage systems with high-speed access to power fail safe data and is available in a 1GB density for customer evaluation.
This new MRAM solution supports greater than 1.5 million IOPS and 6? 1/4 s latency, based on 4K random read/write.
Applications where the NVMe PCIe card is designed to be implemented are storage acceleration and metadata caching; specifically servicing storage arrays, file systems, tiering and online transaction processing (OLTP) log caching, and remote shared persistent memory applications.
SMART is showcasing a live demonstration of its 1GB MRAM NVM Express Card at the Flash Memory Summit from August 8-10 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
For more information about SMART's MRAM NVM Express Card, please visit www.smartm.com/mram.
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About SMART Modular Technologies
SMART Modular Technologies is a global leader in specialty memory, storage and hybrid solutions serving the electronics industry for over 25 years. SMART Modular delivers solutions to a broad customer base, including OEMs in computing, networking, communications, storage, mobile and industrial markets. Focused on providing extensive customer-specific design capabilities, technical support and value-added testing services, SMART collaborates closely with their global OEM customers throughout their design process and across multiple projects to create memory, storage and hybrid solutions for demanding applications with differentiated requirements. Taking innovations from the design stage through manufacturing and supply, SMART Modular has developed a comprehensive product line comprised of DRAM, Flash and hybrid memory technologies across various form factors. SMART Modular is a subsidiary of SMART Global Holdings, Inc. See www.smartm.com for more information.
Contact: Arthur Sainio SMART Modular Technologies (510) 624-8126 arthur.sainio@smartm.com