SiTest Solutions standardizes on V5000e for flash memory test
Test & Measurement
Verigy has announced that SiTest Solutions, a test-engineering service provider, selected Verigy’s V5000 family as its flash-memory test platform. The V5000e will permit SiTest Solutions to add NAND flash and specialty memory testing to its list of capabilities.
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Solid-state drives: HDD replacements? Huge disappointments? Neither.
EDN
While the tit-for-tat over the relative merits of and prospects for traditional hard-disk drives versus flash-memory-based SSDs (solid-state drives) continues, our expert weighs in with a more pragmatic assessment. Economic and technical factors mean the two storage formats are more likely to coexist and thrive in specific niches.
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BPM Microsystems increases speed of flash programmer
Test & Measurement
According to manufacturer BPM Microsystems, the Flashstream flash memory programmer now programs NAND Flash Large Page devices from chipmaker STMicroelectronics nine times faster than its nearest competitor.
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