New Small Form Factor Storage Standard Targets Embedded Systems
TBMG-6238
05/01/2009
- Content
To achieve small size, low power consumption and fast time to market requirements, embedded systems designers often look to chipsets found in cell phone handsets or mobile internet devices (MIDs) to cost-effectively meet their design requirements. These components, whether they are off-the-shelf chipsets from Intel, AMD or Freescale, or FPGA's from Xilinx, Altera, or Actel, that later migrate to custom ASICS, often define the available storage interfaces. These chipsets are widely understood and supported and more often than not, make use of USB, SD, MMC or some other type of serial programmable interface that is not usually defined with traditional storage such as PATA or SATA.
- Citation
- "New Small Form Factor Storage Standard Targets Embedded Systems," Mobility Engineering, May 1, 2009.