Cactus Technologies Releases 512GB MLC mSATA and 256GB pSLC mSATA

Cactus Technologies today released two higher capacity MLC & pSLC mSATA.  The 240S Series Commercial Grade mSATA, based on MLC NAND now comes in a 512GB maximum capacity and the 245S Series OEM Grade mSATA, based on 256GB pSLC, now has a maximum capacity of 256GB.

These new higher capacity mSATA cards have Locked BOM Control, High Performance, Rugged Construction and advanced Wear Leveling, ECC and Defect Management as OEMs have come to expect from Cactus Technologies. 

Product Change Notification to the OEM of any design changes in the controller, memory or firmware is a standard Cactus policy.  For more details, please contact a Cactus representative.

Steve Larrivee, VP of Sales & Marketing said, “We’re impressed how diligently the Cactus engineering team has worked to create higher capacity mSATA to meet the OEM market demand for more storage in a small form factor.”

Cactus 512GB MLC mSATA & 256GB pSLC mSATA:

·        Industry Standard mSATA Form Factor

·        240S Series mSATA Capacities now: 8GB to 512GB

·        245S Series mSATA Capacities now: 4GB to 256GB

·        Supports SATA I (1.5Gbits/sec) to SATA III (6.0Gbits/sec) transfer rates

·        SMART & TRIM Command Support

·        240S Sustained Read/Write - Up to 560MB/s & 360MB/s

·        245S Sustained Read/Write - Up to 540MB/s & 450MB/s

·        Locked BOM (Bill-Of-Material) Control

·        3000G Shock; 20G Vibration

·        Unique Electronic Serial ID

·        Supports Traceability Barcode

·        240S Based on MLC (Multi Level Cell) NAND Memory

·        245S Based on pSLC (Pseudo-SLC) NAND Memory

Joseph Chang, Vice President of Engineering, said, "mSATA are being increasingly used in embedded applications in the telecommunications, mass transit and heavy industrial markets. Higher capacity mSATA allow more functionality in a small footprint.”

For over 12 years, Cactus Technologies has been supporting OEMs Worldwide with the highest reliability Industrial Embedded Flash Storage Products using industry leading controller technology and industrial strength flash memory.

Our Industrial products enable OEM’s systems to operate without a fault in the harshest and most mission critical environments.  In addition, Cactus offers Commercial Grade embedded products based on MLC NAND, which have Locked-BOM and Extended Life Cycles for budget limited applications.

1 MByte = 1 million bytes; 1 GByte = 1 billion bytes; 1Gbit = 1 billion bits.

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Media Contact:

Steve Larrivee

marketing@cactus-tech.com