Cactus Technologies Launches MLC & pSLC CFast With Physical Write Protect Switch

Cactus Technologies today introduced two new CFast products with physical write protect switches in MLC & pSLC versions.  The new 240S Series Commercial Grade CFast Write Protect using MLC NAND and 245S Series OEM Grade CFast Write Protect complement our existing 900S Series Industrial Grade CFast Write Protect and are available for customers not requiring the extremely high write endurance cycles.

The Cactus Technologies 240S CFast Write Protect is based on MLC NAND and comes in capacities from 8GB to 128GB.  Extended -40C to 85C versions are also available from 16GB to 128GB.

The Cactus Technologies 245S CFast Write Protect is based on pSLC NAND and comes in capacities from 4GB to 64GB.  Extended -40C to 85C versions are also available from 8GB to 64GB.

As with all Cactus products, both of these new CFast Write Protect products have Locked BOM Control, High Performance, Rugged Construction and advanced Wear Leveling, ECC and Defect Management. 

Product Change Notification to the OEM of any design changes in the controller, memory or firmware is a standard Cactus policy.  For more details, please contact a Cactus representative.

Tom Aguillon, VP of Cactus Technologies said, “These new CFast products with physical write protect switch meet a need in the market for lower endurance, lower cost products requiring the data protection offered by the write protect feature.”

Cactus MLC & pSLC CFast Write Protect Switch features:

·        Industry Standard CFast Form Factor

·        240S Series WP CFast Capacities: 8GB to 128GB

·        245S Series WP CFast Capacities: 4GB to 64GB

·        Supports SATA I (1.5Gbits/sec) to SATA III (6.0Gbits/sec) transfer rates

·        SMART & TRIM Command Support

·        240S Sustained Read/Write - Up to 530MB/s & 330MB/s

·        245S Sustained Read/Write - Up to 350MB/s & 310MB/s

·        Locked BOM (Bill-Of-Material) Control

·        3000G Shock; 20G Vibration

·        Unique Electronic Serial ID

·        Supports Traceability Barcode

·        240S Based on MLC (Multi Level Cell) NAND Memory

·        245S Based on pSLC (Pseudo-SLC) NAND Memory

Joseph Chang, Vice President of Engineering, said, "CFast with Physical Write Protect features offer a way to store, then protect data from being overwritten. Our technical staff can assist OEMs to implement this feature for their system designs.”

For over 12 years, Cactus Technologies has been supporting OEMs Worldwide with the highest reliability Industrial Embedded Flash Storage Products using industry leading controller technology and industrial strength flash memory.

Our Industrial products enable OEM’s systems to operate without a fault in the harshest and most mission critical environments.  In addition, Cactus offers Commercial Grade embedded products based on MLC NAND, which have Locked-BOM and Extended Life Cycles for budget limited applications.

1 MByte = 1 million bytes; 1 GByte = 1 billion bytes; 1Gbit = 1 billion bits.

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