Virtium Second Gen StorFly Series 3 M.2 NVMe Up to 2TB Industrial SSD

Virtium LLC introduced the second gen StorFly Series 3 M.2 NVMe SSD platform.

These drives are PCIe Gen4 solutions supporting industrial temperatures of -40°C to 85°C as well as ruggedization options for extreme environments.

These SSDs offer lower power and cost by using DRAM-less designs with M.2 2280 (22x80mm) and 2242 (22x42mm) formats that are suitable for industrial (temperature, shock and vibration) applications. They complement the company’s recently announced Series 3 CFexpress removeable SSDs.

“The new StorFly Series 3 M.2 NVMe SSDs utilize the latest process technology and industrial-grade 3D TLC NAND flash combined with advanced power and thermal management“, said Scott Phillips, VP, marketing. “This mitigates throttling and sets an industry-first benchmark for highest throughput-per-watt and best steady-state performance compared to other industrial-grade SSDs over wide temperature ranges.“

These M.2 NVMe products also support 5-year-plus product availability with all of the quality, reliability and consistency that the firm has become known for in its nearly 25-year history.

StorFly Series 3 M.2 NVMe SSDs are suited to industrial applications prone to temperature extremes that require a low power/heat solution that still delivers adequate capacity and performance for many industrial PC and control unit applications, including robotics, transportation, and monitoring – as well as telecom and networking applications focused on the 5G and optical networking explosion.

Key features include:

Capacity range up to 2TB
Industrial temperature (-40ºC to 85ºC), shock and vibration support
Flexible formats from single-sided, higher capacity/performance M.2 2280 to smaller, lower capacity/power M.2 2242 for highly space-constrained designs
Integrated power and thermal management for best steady-state performance over widest temperature range
Leveraging latest silicon technology to offer low power and highest throughputper- watt in the industry
Integrated vtGuard power-fail protection to protect data after unexpected power loss
Integrated vtSecure data security supporting AES encryption with crypto-erase sanitization and device locking
Extended terabytes written endurance for extended service life in the most demanding environments and applications
Host Memory Buffer (HMB) support to allow DRAM-less SSD to access host DRAM via the NVMe interface for improved performance
SSD platform will support 4 gens of 3D TLC, meaning the platform life cycle will be at least 10 years

Provide locked BoM and product change notification for 5 years
Ruggedization options including conformal coating, BGA underfill, and thickgold-on-connector

These Series 3 M.2 NVMe SSDs are sampling.