Greenliant Systems

Greenliant Systems
Private
Industry Semiconductors
Founded 2010
Headquarters Santa Clara, California, United States
Key people
 Bing Yeh, Founder, Chairman and CEO
Products Solid-state drives, Flash memory controllers
Website www.greenliant.com

Greenliant Systems is a 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]

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]

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. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  4. ↑ "EDN's 19th Annual Innovation Awards Finalists". EDN. February 2, 2009. 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. 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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