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Executive Summary
This report is the seventh report on data storage and emerging applications and the fifth report on data storage and the consumer electronics market published by Coughlin Associates. The 2008 report is accompanied by a separate report giving results from a consumer survey conducted in 2007 regarding uses of consumer devices, content storage trends and storage expectations and requirements.
Designing digital storage into consumer electronics is crucial to
the performance and cost of these devices. However, as our requirements
for digital content storage grow, so does the formidable difficulty of
implementing design solutions that are rugged, long-lasting,
power-miserly, secure, network-accessible, and can still fit in the
palm of your hand!
This book provides the background necessary to understand common digital storage devices and media. It helps readers decide which methods of storage work best for which kinds of devices, and then teaches designers how to successfully integrate them into consumer products.
- Most embedded systems and many other electronic designs include some form of storage. The storage device can take on many forms and is typically used for storing code, data, and personal information.
BeCompliant solutions enable enterprises to ensure compliance with regulations and protect themselves against intellectual property or business critical data leakage. Cost-efficient and flexible, BeCompliant solutions protect company assets without changing the way employees work.
Back when I worked for Waferscale Integration, which was later
purchased by STMicroelectronics, the CEO Mike Callahan allegedly said
something that he likely hoped everyone would later forget. You see, he
was originally against using flash memory in what would later become the company's Programmable System
Device SoCs because he felt the technology was never going to
make it. Well, as the story goes, some people whom have since gone on to such prominent Flash companies as SanDisk, apparently convinced him otherwise.
I think it's quite safe to say they made the correct decision as Flash has indeed "made it" many times over. Last year, according to the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), the worldwide Flash market exceeded the $22 Billion mark. Ah how CEO hindsight can always seem to be traced back to Foot in Mouth Disease.