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NAND Flash Solid State Drive Provides Up to 32 Gbytes of disk space LEESBURG, VA – November 5, 2008 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading supplier of rugged embedded boards and subsystems for the rugged deployed Aerospace and Defense market, has announced the XMC/PMC-550 a new high performance, rugged solid state drive card. The XMC/PMC-550 is offered in both XMC and PMC form factor versions and is ideal for use in legacy and latest rugged deployed applications. The XMC/PMC-550’s standard Serial ATA interface enables it to be easily supported and integrated into VME VPX, and CompactPCI systems. Its rugged small form-factor packaging makes it ideal for space constrained deployed applications and technology refresh opportunities. It speeds the integration of large quantities of media storage in harsh environments where operation while subjected to shock and vibration are critical. “The XMC/PMC-550 is a high performance, power efficient solid state drive solution ideally suited for the rugged aerospace and defense applications,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Modular Solutions, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “The XMC/PMC-550 provides a great combination of performance, interoperability and reliability that hits the sweet spot of our customers’ solid state drive requirements.” The XMC/PMC-550 NAND Flash solid state drive provides up to 32 Gbytes of disk space in an XMC (VITA 42.3) or PMC (IEEE1386.1) form factor. It is available in configurations of 8, 16, or 32 Gbytes, and is visible to the system as two independent SATA drives. Using multi-tasking technology, the XMC/PMC-550 delivers data transfer rates of up to 30 Mbytes/sec for simultaneous read to each drive. The XMC/PMC-550 also comes with RAID 0 support that stripes data across the two independent SATA drives for maximum performance. With RAID 0, the 550 can achieve read transfer rates of up to 50MB/s. The card supports industry standard ECC NAND Flash correction. Error correction codes can correct up to 8 random single-bit error per 512-byte sector. It also supports wear leveling that spreads program/erase cycles evenly across the media to mitigate premature device failure due to frequent erase cycles on the same block of Flash memory. The XMC/PMC-550 can also support hardware write protect as an enhanced level of security to prevent unintentional data overwrite. XMC/PMC-550 Features:
Software Support The XMC/PMC-550 is the latest addition to Curtiss-Wright’s broad family of rugged embedded boards. It adds high performance solid state drive storage to XMC and PMC-site supported platforms such as the new VPX-based VPX6-185 SBC and CHAMP-AV6 DSP engine. It also complements Curtiss-Wright’s wide range of SBCs, DSPs, Graphics and Communications and IO products. Pricing for the XMC/PMC-550 starts at $2,495 USD. Availability for the XMC-550 is off-the-shelf beginning in November, 2008, with the PMC-550 available beginning in December, 2008. Both air-cooled and conduction-cooled versions, according to CWCEC ruggedization guidelines, are available. For editorial information regarding Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing Multi Computing products or services, contact John Wranovics, public relations director, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Tel: (925) 640-6402; email. jwranovics@curtisswright.com. Inquiries: Please forward all Sales and reader service inquiries to Jerri-Lynne Charbonneau, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Tel: (613) 254-5112; Fax: (613) 599-7777; e-mail: sales@cwcembedded.com. About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. -------------------------------------------- Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: a reduction in anticipated orders; an economic downturn; changes in the competitive marketplace and/or customer requirements; an inability to perform customer contracts at anticipated cost levels; a change in government spending; and other factors that generally affect the business of aerospace, defense contracting, marine electronics and industrial companies. Please refer to the current SEC filings for Curtiss-Wright Corporation under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for further information. Note: All trademarks are property of their respective owners. >>Click here for a pdf copy of this press release
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