AgigA Tech's AgigARAM high-density, high-speed DDR3 solution, part of the non-volatile system (NVS) family, delivers densities up to 8GB.
Cypress Semiconductor subsidiary AgigA Tech, a specialist in
high-density, battery-free, non-volatile random access memory
solutions, announced solutions in the AgigARAM non-volatile system family, which deliver densities up to 8GB.
The
product family merges NAND Flash, DRAM and a battery-free
ultracapacitor power source into a non-volatile memory system.
When used as a write cache in enterprise-class applications, the
company said the solutions provide a performance-boosting building
block while guarding against power failures and consequent loss of
critical data. The DDR3 products deliver data transfer speeds up to
1333 MT/s (megatransfers per second), a company release noted.
While some high-density alternatives, such as battery-backed memories,
can be subject to long charge times and a limited operating life, the
company said the AgigARAM system solves these problems with the use of
a battery-free power sub-system, teamed with high-speed SDRAM, NAND
Flash, intelligent power management and a proprietary system controller.
During normal operation, the system appears as a DDR3-registered DIMM
to the host system like a standard high-speed, high-density SDRAM. In
the event of a power loss, the system can be commanded to take control
of the SDRAM and transfer its contents to Flash memory using energy
from its ultracapacitor power source, preserving all the SDRAM data.
After power is restored, the system can be commanded to transfer the
contents back into the SDRAM and returns control to the host system.
The company said this functionality can be used for power
interruption/loss immunity, write caching and posting, data logging and
journaling, instant-on recovery, and service and maintenance processing.
The company said the 8301 1GB DDR3-1333 AgigARAM solution is
production-ready, with samples available to qualified customers. The
2GB, 4GB and 8GB 8401 DDR3-1333 solutions will be sampling to alpha
customers later this quarter, with production expected in the fourth
quarter of 2010. The 8401 and 8301 are both available in a 240-pin
RDIMM form factor, a company release noted.
"AgigA Tech is completely focused on providing highly reliable
non-volatile memory solutions to our customers," said Ron Sartore, CEO
of AgigA Tech. "Our newest additions to the AgigARAM portfolio deliver
worry-free data-protection with DDR3-1333 performance, and demonstrate
our leadership commitment to the market."
Nathan Eddy is Associate Editor, Midmarket, at eWEEK.com. Before joining eWEEK.com, Nate was a writer with ChannelWeb and he served as an editor at FierceMarkets. He is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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