Technical Insight

ATP Launches First Industrial-Only SLC-Based e.MMC

Taipei, Taiwan (September 2019) – ATP Electronics, the leading manufacturer of industrial-only memory and storage solutions, is launching E800Pi, its first embedded multimedia card (e.MMC) based on native single-level cell (SLC) flash with a very high endurance rating of 60K program/erase (P/E) cycles. "Embedded storage devices operate in challenging environments, are usually placed within very [...]

Posted On 17th September 2019By GRAHAMIn News, Technical Insight/ No Comments

Innodisk UR/UL approved products

The following products from Innodisk are UR/UL approved; MLC 2.5” 3ME4 2.5” 3IE4 2.5” 3MG2-P 2.5” 3IE2-P mSATA 3ME4 mSATA 3IE4 3D TLC 2.5” 3TG6-P & 3TE7 M.2 3TG6-P & 3TE7 mSATA 3TG6-P & 3TE7 For more information on UL click here (external site)

Posted On 20th May 2019By GRAHAMIn News, Technical Insight/ No Comments

The next generation of Surveillance storage?

In the May 2019 edition of Security Buyer, Simms talk about the 3MV2-P range of surveillance storage from industrial manufacturer Innodisk . This range of products is designed and manufactured specifically for the surveillance industry in various form factors. Click on the image, right, to read the article or to view the 3MV2-P range click [...]

Posted On 14th May 2019By GRAHAMIn News, Technical Insight/ No Comments

What are Embedded Peripherals?

If you are looking for a low cost, one off solution for a project, concept or demonstration unit, then embedded peripherals might just be the answer. Click here to find out more

Posted On 20th July 2018By GRAHAMIn News, Technical Insight/ No Comments

Understanding DRAM

Here at Simms we like to keep things simple, so as part of our never ending quest to inform, simplify and educate we a have produced a page on Understanding DRAM. Here we look at the different types, what they mean, what they do and their key characteristics. Visit Understanding DRAM

Posted On 20th July 2018By GRAHAMIn News, Technical Insight/ No Comments

Do or die? Innovate or stagnate? How can Data Centres adapt to the demands of data storage

Data centres are facing a tough challenge – do more with less. For them transformation is not a choice any longer, it’s do or die, innovate or stagnate. Most of us by now have heard Google’s Eric Schmidt’s ‘5 exabytes’ quote, which is the amount of data produced from the dawn of civilisation to 2003, [...]

Posted On 14th May 2018By GRAHAMIn News, Technical Insight/ No Comments

PCIE and NVMe explained

Storage technology has progressed significantly over the last five years and SSD technology is at the forefront of these advancements. The latest smartphones, tablets and computers are now demanding more, higher-capacity flash storage to satisfy demand and datacentres are retaining more information as many turn to cloud backup services. The explosion of SSD technology over [...]

Posted On 25th October 2017By GRAHAMIn News, Technical Insight/ No Comments

Kingston Care

KingstonCare is a robust suite of free services that were developed to provide Kingston customers with the reassurance that their business will stay up and running. As an extension of Kingston’s dedication to quality and customer service, KingstonCare offers unique tools backed by the expertise gleaned from more than 25 years of experience in memory. [...]

Posted On 28th July 2017By GRAHAMIn News, Technical Insight/ 1 No Comments

NAND Flash update

To help our customers we have produced a new video about the global NAND flash shortages, including advice and practical steps that you can take to avoid heavy cost increases and non-supply.

Posted On 21st July 2017By GRAHAMIn News, Technical Insight/ No Comments

USB Drives – an underrated risk

USB drives are one of the most common easy to use storage devices. Over 20 million are lost every year but how many of those are encrypted keeping data secure if they go missing? Click on the images below to find out more

Posted On 17th July 2017By GRAHAMIn News, Technical Insight/ No Comments