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that designs and manufacturers solid-state disks (SSDs) and digital signal processor
Digital signal processor
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s (DSPs). TMS was founded in 1978 and that same year introduced their first solid-state drive, followed by their first digital signal processor. In 2000 they introduced the RamSan line of SSDs which have evolved through new models available today. Based in Houston, Texas, they continue to supply these two product categories (directly as well as OEM and reseller partners) to large enterprise and government organizations.
TMS has been supplying SSD products to the market longer than any other company.
Flash and RAM SSDs
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applications. They are all part of the RamSan product line.
TMS produces the following categories of SSDs:
- PCIe Flash memoryFlash memoryFlash memory is a non-volatile computer storage chip that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. It was developed from EEPROM and must be erased in fairly large blocks before these can be rewritten with new data...
-based drives
- Flash memoryFlash memoryFlash memory is a non-volatile computer storage chip that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. It was developed from EEPROM and must be erased in fairly large blocks before these can be rewritten with new data...
-based systems
- Flash memoryFlash memoryFlash memory is a non-volatile computer storage chip that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. It was developed from EEPROM and must be erased in fairly large blocks before these can be rewritten with new data...
and RAMSolid-state driveA solid-state drive , sometimes called a solid-state disk or electronic disk, is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data with the intention of providing access in the same manner of a traditional block i/o hard disk drive...
-based (cached Flash) systems
- RAM-based systems
The following are some of TMS' key storage products:
| Product Name | Form Factor | Storage Medium | Max Usable Capacity (GB) | Speed (IOPS IOPS IOPS is a common performance measurement used to benchmark computer storage devices like hard disk drives , solid state drives , and storage area networks... ) | Latency (microseconds) | Bandwidth (GB/s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RamSan-440 | 4U rackmount | DRAM Dram Dram or DRAM may refer to:As a unit of measure:* Dram , an imperial unit of mass and volume* Armenian dram, a monetary unit* Dirham, a unit of currency in several Arab nationsOther uses:... |
512 | 600,000 | 15 | 4.5 |
| RamSan-630 | 3U rackmount | SLC Flash | 10,000 | 1,000,000 | 80 | 10 |
| RamSan-70 | PCIe | SLC Flash | 900 | 600,000 | 30 | 2 |
| RamSan-710 | 1U rackmount | SLC Flash | 5,000 | 400,000 | 35 | 5 |
| RamSan-810 | 1U rackmount | eMLC Flash | 10,000 | 320,000 | 70 | 4 |
DSPs
Most of the TMS DSP products are part of the XP product line.- PCIe Accelerator cards
- DSP Processors