Hagiwara Successfully Squeezes 2.5-Inch SSD Features and Reliability Into a 1.0-Inch Form Factor Aimed for the Embedded Computing Market

IRVINE, California - Hagiwara Sys-Com Co., Ltd. — the industry leader in semiconductor
application products for industrial/embedded computing — today announced a
new addition to the TRUESSD(R) product family: The HFD10P - 1.0 inch PATA
SSD.

High costs and small capacities of solid state drives (SSD) were limiting
factors for OEMs and the contents that can be installed onto the device.
However, the recent trend of cost decrease and capacity increase of SSD has
allowed OEMs to implement more full featured operating systems and
applications once reserved for hard disk drives, where cost and capacity
limits were less prohibitive. Unfortunately, this trend has lead to an
increase of anxiety in regards to SSD endurance due to aggressive write
cycles.

The HFD10P is a 1.0-inch CF form factor fixed drive SSD. Designed to
reside in the system, it is best suited as an OS boot device and for
applications requiring high write-cycle endurance and small footprint.
Currently, the available capacities are 1 GB to 8 GB. 16 GB is scheduled for
release later this year.

The HFD10P, based on the Hagiwara proprietary TRUESSD(R) controller,
performs static wear-leveling that distributes write operations evenly over
the entire media to maximize drive longevity. An intelligent cache algorithm
reduces the number of write access to the NAND flash by organizing smaller
fragmented data into larger data blocks. And the 8-bit ECC On-the-fly ensures
data integrity without impact to performance.

TRUESSD(R) S.M.A.R.T. provides device health monitoring capabilities
which can be used as an assessment tool during the development phase as well
as real-time monitoring for those devices deployed into the field.

“In line with the current trend, we anticipate more manufacturers will be
trying to use full featured OS in small form factor devices,” states Shinji
Kakeya, Director of Embedded Solutions, Hagiwara Sys-Com Japan. “There will
be a need for a high endurance solution. The HFD10P is that solution.
2.5-inch SSD features and reliability squeezed into a 1.0-inch form factor.”

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TRUESSD(R) Service-Life Assessment Service please visit
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About Hagiwara Sys-Com

Hagiwara Sys-Com Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan - designs,
manufactures and markets highly innovative and versatile semiconductor
application products ranging from digital consumer to industrial/embedded
computing since 1971.

Source: Hagiwara Sys-Com Co., Ltd.

Moto Watanabe, U.S. Product Manager of Hagiwara Sys-Com Co., Ltd., +1-949-756-2028, sales at hsc-us.com