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Tuxera Launches Flash Memory Testing Service

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Thursday, March 3, 2022
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"Tuxera's Flash Memory Testing Service saves engineers a lot of headaches and hardware costs, in particular when designing automotive data storage," said Tuxera Product Manager Sami Kassimki.

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  • "Tuxera's Flash Memory Testing Service saves engineers a lot of headaches and hardware costs, in particular when designing automotive data storage," said Tuxera Product Manager Sami Kassimki.
  • "Our advanced system-level testing provides insights beyond common flash memory performance and endurance benchmark testing."
  • Tuxera draws on its decades of experience serving car manufacturers, Tier-1 suppliers and device OEMs to provide more sophisticated and thorough flash memory testing, which can reveal unexpected flash device behavior under a specific planned use case and identify possible failure points early in the development phase.
  • Tuxera embedded flash memory tests include several individual packages including workload analysis, lifetime testing, power fail-safety testing, and environmental testing.

Tuxera Receives ISO 9001 Certification, Strengthens Commitment to Customer Satisfaction

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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As the most widely used QMS standard across the world, ISO 9001 is a set of specific standards based on seven broad management principles.

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  • As the most widely used QMS standard across the world, ISO 9001 is a set of specific standards based on seven broad management principles.
  • "Receiving ISO 9001 certification further demonstrates Tuxera's commitment to delivering the best possible quality to our customers using our state-of-the-art processes," said Jesus Cabrera, Global Quality Manager.
  • Tuxera has a global customer base, and ISO certification ensures the company will meet quality requirements anywhere in the world.
  • ISO 9001 will be an integral piece of the foundation of the products we provide our customers."

Phison Awarded World's First SD Association’s SVP Verification for its SD Express Storage Solution

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022
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Phison Electronics Corp. (TPEX: 8299), a global leader in NAND flash controller integrated circuits and storage solutions, today announced that its SD Express storage solution is the first product to pass the SD Associations SD Express/UHS-II Verification Program (SVP).

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  • Phison Electronics Corp. (TPEX: 8299), a global leader in NAND flash controller integrated circuits and storage solutions, today announced that its SD Express storage solution is the first product to pass the SD Associations SD Express/UHS-II Verification Program (SVP).
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    Phison Awarded World's First SD Associations SVP Verification for its SD Express Storage Solution.
  • As the world's leading supplier of SD card controllers and solutions, Phison Electronics has pledged to support the SD Association's SVP program and to work with Phison's global brand customers in launching the latest SD Express storage solutions that meet the SVP verification requirements.
  • Products eligible for SVP include card/host/ancillary products using SD Express, with PCIe interface or SD UHS-II interface.

Tuxera's Storage Software Helps Provide Premium User Experience for Millions

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022
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Tuxera creates quality-assured embedded file systems , flash management, and networking software, protecting data integrity, improving storage management and performance, and extending the lifetime of flash memory.

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  • Tuxera creates quality-assured embedded file systems , flash management, and networking software, protecting data integrity, improving storage management and performance, and extending the lifetime of flash memory.
  • "Tuxera's software helps to deliver premium user experiences in billions of devices, from companies like LG, Motorola, BMW, Panasonic, and GE."
  • "A lot of things make up a good user experience, and data management software is often an overlooked part of the equation.
  • What we do helps device manufacturers improve user experience and customer satisfaction when it comes to data storage, and minimize device recalls and replacement costs."

Tuxera Hires Microsoft Cloud Veteran as Head of Enterprise Business Unit, Expands Operations in the Growing Enterprise Cloud Market

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Wednesday, October 6, 2021
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Under new direction and leadership from Antti, Tuxera is well-positioned to support the needs of the world's rapidly expanding enterprise cloud storage market.

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  • Under new direction and leadership from Antti, Tuxera is well-positioned to support the needs of the world's rapidly expanding enterprise cloud storage market.
  • Antti has played a critical part in building Microsoft's enterprise cloud market in Finland for the past 15 years.
  • Antti brings to Tuxera unique industry experience, knowledge, and insight, allowing the company to take new strides in its enterprise solutions development.
  • As the leading provider of embedded data storage management solutions, Tuxera has extended its direction and focus on expanding into the growing enterprise cloud market.

GRL selected as the designated test lab for the SD Express/UHS-II Verification Program

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Granite River Labs (GRL), a global leader in Engineering Services and Test Solutions for high speed connectivity, has been selected by the SD Association (SDA) as the designated test lab to provide official conformance test services for the new SD Express/UHS-II Verification Program (SVP). 

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  • SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Granite River Labs (GRL ), a global leader in Engineering Services and Test Solutions for high speed connectivity, has been selected by the SD Association (SDA) as the designated test lab to provide official conformance test services for the new SD Express/UHS-II Verification Program (SVP).
  • As an active member of the SDA, GRL already offers a wide range of SD product validation and design consulting services.
  • GRL will provide conformance testing for the SVP program through its facilities in Taipei, Yokahama and Santa Clara.
  • The voluntary SD Express/UHS-II Verification Program (SVP) tests for conformance with SD interface standards using the SDA's Physical Test Guidelines.

SDA Announces New SD Express/UHS-II Verification Program (SVP)

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021
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SD Association (SDA) developed the SD Express/UHS-II Verification Program (SVP) to verify the electronic interfaces of members UHS-II and SD Express card/host/ancillary products.

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  • SD Association (SDA) developed the SD Express/UHS-II Verification Program (SVP) to verify the electronic interfaces of members UHS-II and SD Express card/host/ancillary products.
  • Products eligible for SVP include card/host/ancillary products using SD Express, with PCI Express (PCIe) interface or SD UHS-II interface.
  • Companies interested in creating products using SDA specifications and participating in SVP can join the SDA by visiting: https://www.sdcard.org/join/ .
  • SD Express offers the fastest transfer speeds for both SD and microSD memory cards by integrating the popular PCIe architecture.

Tuxera Acquires Embedded Storage and Networking Software Front-Runner, HCC Embedded

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

HELSINKI, Sept. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tuxera, the world-leading storage software and networking technology company, has signed an agreement to acquire HCC Embedded, the Hungarian developer of embedded file systems, flash management, and network data transfer software.

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  • HELSINKI, Sept. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tuxera, the world-leading storage software and networking technology company, has signed an agreement to acquire HCC Embedded, the Hungarian developer of embedded file systems, flash management, and network data transfer software.
  • Tuxera now offers the most comprehensive range of software and services for managing data as it is stored, used, and moved in and between embedded systems.
  • Additionally, HCC Embedded brings an extensive range of MISRA-compliant networking products to Tuxera's portfolio, covering domains such as network management, security, and TCP/IP applications.
  • Tuxera is the leading provider of quality-assured embedded storage management software and networking technologies.

Silicon Motion Announces World's First Merchant SD Express Controller Solution Supporting The Latest SD 8.0 Specification

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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TAIPEIand MILPITAS, Calif., March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) ("Silicon Motion"), a global leader in designing and marketing NAND flash controllers for solid-state storage devices, today announced that its flagship SM2708 SD Express controller solution now supports the latest SD 8.0 specification and backward compatibility to SD 7.1 specification.

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  • TAIPEIand MILPITAS, Calif., March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) ("Silicon Motion"), a global leader in designing and marketing NAND flash controllers for solid-state storage devices, today announced that its flagship SM2708 SD Express controller solution now supports the latest SD 8.0 specification and backward compatibility to SD 7.1 specification.
  • With PCIe Gen 3 x2 interface and NVMe 1.3, the SM2708 SD Express controller solution is targeted at the advancement of applications with demanding performance levels across a variety of industries enabled by Ultra-High Performance SD Express cards.
  • The SM2708 turnkey solution supports the latest 3D NAND and features Silicon Motion's proprietary NANDXtend ECC technology, internal data path protection, and programmable firmware to maximize reliability and endurance.
  • "Silicon Motion's SM2708 boasts very impressive read/write speeds, and will lead SD storage media into a new era of higher speed and capacity."

SD Express Delivers New Gigabyte Speeds for SD Memory Cards

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
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The SD Association announced today the SD 8.0 Specification for SD Express memory cards receives even faster transfer speeds by using the popular PCI Express (PCIe) 4.0 specification delivering a maximum of nearly 4 gigabytes per second (GB/s) data transfer rate.

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  • The SD Association announced today the SD 8.0 Specification for SD Express memory cards receives even faster transfer speeds by using the popular PCI Express (PCIe) 4.0 specification delivering a maximum of nearly 4 gigabytes per second (GB/s) data transfer rate.
  • As always SD Express memory cards using SD 8.0 specification maintain backward compatibility.
  • SD Express gigabyte speeds bring new storage opportunities for devices with demanding performance levels, across a variety of industries.
  • Two revised white papers, SD Express Cards with PCIe and NVMe Interfaces , and SD Express and microSD Express Memory Cards: The Best Choice for Your Future Product Designs provide an in-depth look at the opportunities created by SD Express.