Industrial Grade Flash Products

The Industrial Grade products by Cactus Technologies are designed for the most mission critical applications. Built exclusively with the highest reliability SLC NAND Flash Memory & Industrial Controller Technology, they provide the best flash storage solutions in the market. These SLC NAND devices come with locked-BOM and Long Life Cycles and are available in many interfaces and form factors to meet almost any embedded OEM requirement.

Choose your category -->	Industrial Grade	OEM Grade	Commercial Grade	Consumer (comparison only)
NAND Types	SLC (Single Level Cell)	pSLC (Pseudo SLC)	MLC (Multi Level Cell)	TLC (Tri Level Cell)
Bit/Cell	1	1	2	3
Endurance Cycles	100K / 80K / 50K *	20K	3K	300
Reliability
Data Retention
Life Cycle
Locked BOM	✔	✔	✔
Cost	$ $ $ $ $	$ $ $	$ $	$

* Depending on the used technology (43nm / 32nm / 24nm)

SATA II/III SSD 2.5"	mSATA	M.2 NVMe	SD Card / SD Chip	microSD
CFast	CompactFlash	IDE SSD	USB Stick / USB DOM

Industrial Grade General Features

Highest Quality and Reliability

Unrelenting focus on quality and reliability since our inception in 2005
ISO9001 and ISO14001 certified manufacturing

True BOM (Bill-Of-Material) Control

No changes to industrial grade products w/o first issuing PCN
6 months to qualify – accept/reject changes – Can buy existing BOM under custom PN

Leading Industrial Grade Flash Storage Supplier

Full industrial grade offering a broad range of form factors
Unique military erasure, physical write protect switch and other options

Long Life Cycles

Rarely issue PCNs due to very limited product changes
No EOL of industrial grade products while key components still available
In event of EOL, Cactus will procure a sufficient supply to extend life and strive to offer a functionally compatible replacement

Expert Sales Support

Knowledgeable pre and post-sales support personnel
Tuned into customer requirements and able to draw on right resources to satisfy needs

Customization

Custom labeling; custom parameters & format load
Complete custom product design available
Screening for extreme temperature ranges

Highest Quality and Specified Components

For extended temp products purchase more expensive fully tested I-temp SLC NAND
Low tolerance components in critical circuitry to ensure reliable functionality

Cactus Design

Custom Cactus design (not off the shelf reference designs) for our products
At minimum, all designs modified for improved functionality and reliability

Extreme Temperature Ranges

Cactus tunes flash storage products to excel at wide temp ranges
Cactus “temperature tuning” process allows us to offer customized products:
Screen & guarantee products at >105C and <-55C

Engineering Design Assistance (Pre-Sales)

Superior Apps engineering support to assist customers w/specific design issues
Changes to card characteristics may resolve host system issues
Custom configurations to meet customer requirements

Applications Engineering Support (Post-Sales)

Apps engineers available to support any Cactus issues
Failure analysis available to determine root cause on rare occurrence of failures
All Cactus employees focused on total customer satisfaction

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