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microSD Express Doubles Speeds, New SD Express Speed Classes Introduced

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

SD Association (SDA) today announced the latest evolution of SD Express memory cards doubling microSD Express memory card speed up to 2GB/s, plus four new SD Express Speed Classes to ensure guaranteed minimum sequential performance levels in the new SD 9.1 specification including support of Multi-stream access and related Power and Thermal Management assuring the guaranteed performance.

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  • SD Association (SDA) today announced the latest evolution of SD Express memory cards doubling microSD Express memory card speed up to 2GB/s, plus four new SD Express Speed Classes to ensure guaranteed minimum sequential performance levels in the new SD 9.1 specification including support of Multi-stream access and related Power and Thermal Management assuring the guaranteed performance.
  • microSD Express was introduced with 985 MB/s speed maximum data transfer rate and the NVMe upper layer protocol in the SD 7.1 specification.
  • The SD Express Speed Classes are used exclusively on SDXC, SDUC, microSDXC and microSDUC memory cards offering the SD Express bus.
  • The SDA has prepared a whitepaper providing more details about the new features and SD Express Speed Classes defined by SD 9.1.

Tuxera's Reliable Data Management Software Helps Businesses Optimize Total Cost of Ownership

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

The company's storage software solutions help its customers realize cost savings, reduce build of materials (BOM) costs, and optimize total cost of ownership (TCO).

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  • The company's storage software solutions help its customers realize cost savings, reduce build of materials (BOM) costs, and optimize total cost of ownership (TCO).
  • "Tuxera's embedded data storage software works with and supports the vast majority of semiconductors on the market.
  • Through decades of experience building storage software for the global top tech companies, Tuxera has developed state-of-the-art implementations of its file system software.
  • The cost of going with an in-house solution is considerable and often underestimated by organizations not familiar with storage software.

Phison Elevates Technology Solutions in 2022

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Monday, November 14, 2022

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    Despite market challenges, Phison is proud to have successfully navigated 2022 with strong innovation and technology leadership, two hallmarks of our company, said K.S.
  • In 2022, the Phison team continued to increase, and enhance their technology leadership through impactful collaborations, best-in-class products and customizable applications in gaming, enterprise, embedded, and industrial.
  • Phison kickstarted 2022 by showcasing its robust roster of next-generation gaming solutions at CES that featured a demonstration of the companys first PCIe Gen5 controller for high-end desktop gaming.
  • To know more about Phison, please visit Phison Website or Phison Q&A for details.

Tuxera Announces Release of SafeTCPIP™, Networking Software Stack for Safety-Critical Applications

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

HELSINKI, Nov. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tuxera , the international leader in quality-assured data storage management software and networking technologies, announces the release of Tuxera SafeTCPIP .

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  • HELSINKI, Nov. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tuxera , the international leader in quality-assured data storage management software and networking technologies, announces the release of Tuxera SafeTCPIP .
  • Tuxera's independently designed, off-the-shelf certifiable networking software stack offers secure, high-performance network communications for safety-critical embedded systems, such as aerospace, automotive, industrial, or medical applications.
  • Tuxera SafeTCPIP, however, is a comprehensive TCP/IPv4 network stack developed to the ISO 26262 Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) B Section 6 standard processes.
  • Tuxera announces that SafeTCPIP, its new networking safety stack for safety-critical applications, is available now.To learn more about Tuxera SafeTCPIP, visit https://www.tuxera.com/products/safetcpip .

Tuxera to Showcase Fusion File Share SMB Server at SC22

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Thursday, October 20, 2022

HELSINKI, Oct. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tuxera will attend SC22, the international conference for supercomputing, in Dallas, Texas, from Nov. 13-18, to showcase Fusion File Share by Tuxera , the company's high-performance, scalable SMB server.

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  • HELSINKI, Oct. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tuxera will attend SC22, the international conference for supercomputing, in Dallas, Texas, from Nov. 13-18, to showcase Fusion File Share by Tuxera , the company's high-performance, scalable SMB server.
  • Fusion File Share is Tuxera's SMB implementation that provides users with the fastest and most reliable access to shared file resources.
  • Fusion File Share is built on the latest release of SMB, or server message block, Microsoft's client-server communications protocol.
  • Fusion File Share is a drop-in replacement for other SMB/CIFS servers and vastly outperforms the most widely used SMB server alternative.

Tuxera Receives 'Future Workplaces' Recognition For Exceptional Work Environment and Culture

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

"At Tuxera, we trust people to be responsible, give them room to work independently, and focus on the results they achieve instead of the hours they work," said CEO Tuukka Ahoniemi.

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  • "At Tuxera, we trust people to be responsible, give them room to work independently, and focus on the results they achieve instead of the hours they work," said CEO Tuukka Ahoniemi.
  • "We trust that our team members know what they're doing, and we encourage and remind people to take care of themselves."
  • "We didn't expect such good results- it was truly surprising considering the global situation and the expansion of the company," said Henry Hiltunen, vice president of people and culture at Tuxera.
  • "Overall, achieving this recognition emphasizes that we continue to create an employee-centric culture, building Tuxera around unlocking people's individual passions.

Tuxera Wins 'Best in Show' for Flash Memory Testing Services from Embedded Computing Design

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Thursday, June 23, 2022

"Tuxera's Flash Memory Testing Services' win is well-deserved as it provides workload analysis and lifetime testing, helping organizations mitigate risks associated with their data storage stack."

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  • "Tuxera's Flash Memory Testing Services' win is well-deserved as it provides workload analysis and lifetime testing, helping organizations mitigate risks associated with their data storage stack."
  • Tuxera's Flash Memory Testing Service provides insights beyond common flash memory performance and endurance benchmark testing.
  • With several individual packages including workload analysis, lifetime testing, power fail-safety testing, and environmental testing, the solution reduces testing overhead, identifies possible storage failures, and reduces the hassle of selecting a flash memory device while potentially bringing substantial cost savings to OEMs.
  • For embedded flash memory testing sales, please get in touch here or [email protected].

KIOXIA Debuts High Capacity 512GB microSD Memory Cards for Continuous 4K Video Recording

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the addition of a high-capacity 512 gigabyte (GB) product to its lineup of EXCERIA HIGH ENDURANCE microSD memory cards.

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  • KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the addition of a high-capacity 512 gigabyte (GB) product to its lineup of EXCERIA HIGH ENDURANCE microSD memory cards.
  • The new 512GB product delivers sufficient performance and endurance in continuous high-resolution 4K video recordings of dashboard and surveillance cameras.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220615005213/en/
    The new KIOXIA EXCERIA HIGH ENDURANCE 512GB microSD card supports the UHS Speed Class 3 and Video Speed Class 30 specifications, making it suitable for 4K video recording.
  • The new KIOXIA 512GB EXCERIA HIGH ENDURANCE microSDXC UHS-I memory card is designed for the extended recording time required by dashboard cameras, and is capable of up to 17,000 hours1 of cumulative use and up to 10 hours and 29 minutes2 of continuous 4K video (3840x2160 pixels, 100 megabits per second) recording.

SD Specification 9 – New Opportunities for SD Memory Cards as Semi-Embedded Memory

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

SD Association (SDA) today announced three advanced security features in the new SD 9 specification: Boot support, Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Storage and Replay Protected Memory Block (RPMB) authenticated memory.

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  • SD Association (SDA) today announced three advanced security features in the new SD 9 specification: Boot support, Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Storage and Replay Protected Memory Block (RPMB) authenticated memory.
  • The SD 9 specification gives product manufacturers a compelling array of choices when defining memory and storage needs of devices.
  • The optional features defined in SD 9 are available to both microSD and full-sized SD memory card form factors.
  • The SDA has prepared a whitepaper providing more details about the compelling new features defined by SD 9 for SD memory cards.

Data Creates Both Revenue Opportunities and Technical Challenges for Industrial Manufacturers

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Those failures also can cause critical data to be lost and damage the reputation of the company - costs that are immeasurable.

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  • Those failures also can cause critical data to be lost and damage the reputation of the company - costs that are immeasurable.
  • For those reasons, smart manufacturing companies must carefully consider their choices of storage media and flash management and file systems software.
  • Data workloads in smart manufacturing, including industry use cases for operational intelligence, predictive maintenance, and new services.
  • Tuxera's customers include carmakers, device manufacturers, industrial equipment manufacturers, data-driven enterprises, and much more.