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BiTMICRO E-DISK FC FLASH DRIVE ENABLES VMETRO DDR

VMETRO, a provider of products for high-speed sensor I/O, data recording and bus analysis, and BiTMICRO Networks jointly announced at Eurosatory 2004 VMETRO's selection of E-Disk Fibre Channel solid state disk as the storage solution of choice for its solid state Digital Data Recorder (DDR).

Based on a rugged version of the MIDAS Data Recorder (MDR), VMETRO's DDR is the basis of a new system developed to debug and qualify the Hawkeye Target Sight System (TSS) currently being tested by Lockheed Martin Missiles for the AH-1Z Cobra Helicopter of the U.S. Marine Corps.

The TSS is a multisensor EO/IR fire control system (AN/AAQ-30) designed to provide target detection, recognition, and identification at extremely long ranges during day or night operations and in challenging environments. With E-Disk Fibre Channel SSD as its mass storage device, DDR has the capability to sustain high-bandwidth data recording in hostile environments, enabling test personnel to correlate what the sensors are seeing with the indicators coming from the weapons system of the AH-1Z.

"The Fibre Channel interface enables direct integration of the E-Disk with VMETRO's Data Recording Storage Area Network (DR-SAN). With a total of 48GB of storage, the E-Disk flash drive provides adequate storage for entire test flights with no need for aircraft landing," said Ronnie Sanford, VMETRO's manager of marketing.

"With global security concerns in mind, the military avionics industry is actively engaged in the development of next-generation aircraft with better fighting capabilities," said Jake Pasion, director of sales of BiTMICRO Networks. "VMETRO is renowned for its expertise in developing embedded solutions for data acquisition and recording. We're confident that our E-Disk solutions will meet the performance requirements of its solid state DDR."

BiTMICRO Networks E-Disk Fibre Channel products deliver a solid solution for data storage and protection while providing the powerful performance and speed for today's data-intensive applications. They feature patented FlashBus storage technology to speed performance, eliminate system bottlenecks, and offer durable storage. VMETRO utilized a 2 Gb per second Fibre Channel E-Disk SSD that boasts an I/O rate of up to 9,900 IOPS, duplex burst R/W rate of 400MB per second, sustained R/W rate of up to 70MB per second, operating temperature from 0 degress Celsius to 70 degrees Celsius and 24GB capacity in a 3.5-inch form factor.