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Commercial Grade Flash Storage Products

Cactus Technologie's Commercial Grade series are based on MLC NAND and deliver a great value for a cost effective price. These devices come in a wide variety of interfaces and form factors while providing a locked-BOM and as long a life cycle as achievable. Be sure to see the chart to the right to determine if MLC NAND based flash storage is right for your application.

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	$ $ $ $ $	$ $ $	$ $	$

* Basic physical endurance without any software mechanisms, depending on the used technology (SLC: 43nm / 32nm / 24nm, pSLC/MLC: 15nm)

Commmercial 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

PCN issued for BOM changes – relative quick change due to fast MLC NAND transitions
Can buy existing BOM under custom PN and bond material to extend life

Most Common Form Factors Available

Several form factors available in Commercial Grade

Life Cycles

Typical life cycles of 18-36 months for Commercial Grade products

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 wide temperature ranges

Cactus Design

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

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

Order Management - Easy to do Business with

Strive daily to meet all customer needs

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