Greenliant Systems

Greenliant Systems is an American manufacturer of NAND flash memory-based solid state storage and controller semiconductors for embedded systems and datacenter products. Greenliant is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with offices in North America, Europe and Asia.[1]

Greenliant Systems
TypePrivate
IndustrySemiconductors
Founded2010 (2010)
HeadquartersSanta Clara, California, United States
Key people
Bing Yeh, Founder, Chairman and CEO
ProductsSolid-state drives, Flash memory controllers
Websitewww.greenliant.com

Affiliations include JEDEC, NVM Express, PCI-SIG, SATA-IO, and the Storage Networking Industry Association.[2]

History

Silicon Storage Technology (SST) developed NANDrive technology which was recognized by trade publications in 2008 and 2009.[3][4] In April 2010, Microchip Technology acquired SST, while SST's founder and CEO Bing Yeh founded Greenliant along with other former SST executives.[5] In May 2010, Greenliant acquired NANDrive technology and other assets from Microchip for an estimated $23.6 million.[6][7][8]

The Greenliant logo symbolizes a multi-chip module with an energy-efficient core and the name represents green and reliable.[9]

In November 2010, Greenliant began sampling its Serial ATA interface NANDrive GLS85LS products, which had up to 64GB capacity in a 14mm x 24mm x 1.95mm, 145 BGA (ball grid array), 1mm ball pitch package.[10][11][12]

In June 2012, Greenliant began sampling its embedded MultiMediaCard interface NANDrive GLS85VM products, which operate at industrial temperatures between -40 and +85 degrees, and are offered in a 14mm x 18mm x 1.40mm, 100-ball, 1mm ball pitch package.[13][14][15]

Products

NAND flash memory controller products manage the inherent deficiencies of NAND flash, providing a simpler interface to a computer system.[16]

G-card

A large-capacity storage solution, G-card combines Greenliant's advanced controller and an array of small form factor NANDrive solid state storage devices, in a standard PCIe add-in card format.

NANDrive

NANDrive embedded solid-state drives (SSDs) consist of an integrated controller and NAND flash die in a small multi-chip package. GLS85 devices have the same size across all capacities in each family, are backwards compatible and designed for commercial and industrial grade temperatures.[17][18]

NANDrive devices have content protection zones and users can select areas of the storage to protect with fast erase.[19]

ArmourDrive mSATA

ArmourDrive mSATA solid-state drives (SSDs), are based on SATA NANDrive, using Greenliant’s internally developed NAND flash memory controller. Dedicated power failure detection and backup power circuitry are built-in to prevent data integrity issues due to sudden power interruptions.[20][21]

Concurrent SuperFlash

Specialty flash memory includes the Concurrent SuperFlash (CSF), Many-Time Programmable and Small-Sector Flash (SSF) families. Available in commercial, extended and industrial grade temperatures, these products are marketed for space and power-constrained code storage applications.[22]

References
  1. "About Greenliant". company website. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  2. "Professional Affiliations". company website. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  3. Murray, Charles J. (September 22, 2008). "Solid State Drive Offers Alternative to Hard Disks". Design News. Archived from the original on July 16, 2009. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  4. "EDN's 19th Annual Innovation Awards Finalists". EDN. February 2, 2009. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  5. Mark LaPedus (April 8, 2010). "Microchip completes SST acquisition". EE Times. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  6. Maleval, Jean-Jacques (May 27, 2010). "Greenliant Acquires Assets of Microchip". StorageNewsletter. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  7. "Greenliant Systems Acquires NANDrive, NAND Controller and Specialty Flash Memory Assets from Microchip Technology". Company news release. May 24, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  8. Microchip (August 9, 2010). "Quarterly Report for the period ended June 30, 2010". Form 10-Q. US Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  9. Bing Yeh (May 24, 2010). "CEO letter to customers" (PDF). company website. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  10. "Greenliant NANDrive™ Solid-State Storage Products Now Faster With SATA Interface". company news release. November 8, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  11. LaPedus, Mark (November 8, 2010). "Upstart Greenliant rolls embedded SSDs". EE Times. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  12. Merritt, Bob (November 22, 2010). "Model for Future High Volume Memory Configurations". EDN - Professor Memory. Archived from the original on October 26, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  13. "Greenliant Brings Full Industrial Temperature Capability to eMMC with New NANDrive™ SSDs". company news release. June 20, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  14. "SSD designed to withstand harsh conditions". ECN. June 21, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  15. Keller, John (June 24, 2012). "Rugged solid-state drives for industrial and automotive applications introduced by Greenliant". Military & Aerospace Electronics. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  16. "NAND Controller products". company website. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  17. "NANDrive products". company website. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  18. Chatterjee, Pallab (February 18, 2011). "Greenliant – Industrial Qualified Embedded SSDs". Media & Entertainment Technologies (M&E Tech). Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  19. Kerekes, Zsolt. "SSDs with fast erase and data purge". SearchStorage.com. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  20. "Greenliant Now Shipping mSATA ArmourDrive™ SSDs with Built-In Power Interrupt Data Protection". company news release. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  21. Kovar, Joe (July 9, 2014). "The 10 Coolest Flash Storage Products Of 2014 (So Far)". CRN. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  22. "Specialty Flash Memory products". company website. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
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