Paragon Software Joined SD Association

Paragon Software Group (PSG) joined the SD Association.
 
The SD Association was founded to ensure standards across the SD card industry. SD standards apply to storage media for mobile phones, digital audio players, car navigation systems and electronic books.

For over a decade, Paragon’s driver technology has enabled compatibility for mobile devices across a variety of OS (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, etc.).

"Over the last few years, demand for cross-platform drivers has just exploded," said Tom Fedro, president of Paragon. "With the brisk development of Smart Devices, from Smartphones to Smart TVs, the trend shows no evidence of slowing down. Being a member of the SD Association will ensure Paragon continues to set the standard for embedded driver technology development."

Paragon’s cross-platform drivers include exFAT, NTFS and HFS+ for Android and Linux. Paragon’s Universal File System Driver (UFSD) technology solves incompatibility issues between exFAT, NTFS, and HFS+ file systems and OS and embedded kernels including Android, Linux, ThreadX, and Windows CE. With Paragon’s UFSD support for popular file systems built into modern digital devices, consumers can now use >32GB SDXC cards and Windows/Mac USB drives with their multimedia players, digital televisions, set-top boxes, mobile and connected devices .

OEMs use of SD card technology continues to expand as the consumer electronics device markets cross boundaries and merge. For example, Smart TVs have SD card readers so that consumers can view videos and photos over their televisions without the need of a cable to connect the device to the TV. Consumers expect their smart devices to recognize external media regardless of its operating system and to perform at full speed, allowing recording and playback for full HD and 3D video content. Paragon’s driver technology ensures compatibility and the integrity of the consumer’s stored data -a critical OEM requirement.

CE devices integrated with Paragon’s driver technology provide performance. The level of quality is due to kernel-level implementation, hardware acceleration support, OEM platform customization and optimization. Android and Linux devices embedded with Paragon’s drivers reach over 140 MB/s read/write performance on modern external storage and are only limited by the available bandwidth of the storage interface (SDIO, USB, etc.).

The new technology ensures smooth recording and playback of Full HD Video content. Optimized usage of lower-speed interfaces enables mobile Android devices to utilize the bandwidth of SDIO interfaces (e.g. SDXC, SDHC) and delivers smoother read and write operations, improved performance on slower interfaces, and increased cost efficiency.