Super Talent Introduces IDE Flash Disk Modules

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Super Talent Introduces IDE Flash Disk Modules

[quote]Embedded Systems Conference, San Jose, California – April 5, 2007 -- Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of DRAM memory modules and flash products, today launched a series of IDE Flash Disk Modules (FDM’s), which are on display this week in Super Talent’s booth at the Embedded Systems Conference.

These FDM’s are based on NAND Flash technology, which is an ideal non-volatile storage medium for FDM’s due to its compact size, high performance and reliability, and low cost. With an industry standard IDE interface, Super Talent’s FDM’s are compatible with virtually any motherboard. Super Talent offers models with a 40-pin or 44-pin IDE connector, and with the connector oriented either vertically or horizontally. The horizontal IDE connector is designed for low-profile enclosures. These FDM’s are offered in a variety of capacities up to 8GigaBytes.

Part Number Description

SFM8G40VP 8GB 40-pin IDE FDM with Vertical connector

SFM8G40HP 8GB 40-pin IDE FDM with Horizontal connector

SFM8G44VP 8GB 44-pin IDE FDM with Vertical connector

SFM8G44HP 8GB 44-pin IDE FDM with Horizontal connector

SFM4G40VP 4GB 40-pin IDE FDM with Vertical connector

SFM4G40HP 4GB 40-pin IDE FDM with Horizontal connector

SFM4G44VP 4GB 44-pin IDE FDM with Vertical connector

SFM4G44HP 4GB 44-pin IDE FDM with Horizontal connector

SFM2G40VP 2GB 40-pin IDE FDM with Vertical connector

SFM2G40HP 2GB 40-pin IDE FDM with Horizontal connector

SFM2G44VP 2GB 44-pin IDE FDM with Vertical connector

SFM2G44HP 2GB 44-pin IDE FDM with Horizontal connector

SFM1G40VP 1GB 40-pin IDE FDM with Vertical connector

SFM1G40HP 1GB 40-pin IDE FDM with Horizontal connector

SFM1G44VP 1GB 44-pin IDE FDM with Vertical connector

SFM1G44HP 1GB 44-pin IDE FDM with Horizontal connector

According to Super Talent Marketing Director, Joe James, “Flash disk modules are a natural extension of our SSD product line. Our FDM’s are a compact, highly reliable storage medium that is well suited to industrial and embedded applications.â€

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I thought we were getting rid of ide hard drives? and now we want to make flash drives to use their interface? is that what i'm reading? Isn't ide not hot swapable? Either i'm lost or this seems odd to me.