Gary Drossel is vice president of product planning with SiliconSystems Inc. He joined SiliconSystems in 2004 as Director of Product Marketing and was named VP of Product Planning in September 2006. He has a BS in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Wisconsin. Email address: gdrossel@siliconsystems.com
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April 24, 2008[Engineering Essentials] Improve Product Qualification Accuracy with Advanced Solid-State Storage Usage SMART Monitoring Technology
For software engineers, system-level hardware engineers, program managers, and product marketing managers alike, the product qualification process can be a challenging one, especially for applications requiring long product lifecycles. Since product life can be tied closely to the storage solution used, establishing the projected life of a product’s storage system solution under various application-specific usage models provides a critical—though previously unavailable—indicator of storage...
November 5, 2007[POV: Point Of View] The Five Myths Of Solid-State Storage: Why It’s Not As Expensive As You Think
Embedded system designers need more from a storage system than higher capacities. Today's applications require enhanced performance, reliability, and security, all of which can effectively be met with advanced solid-state storage. This technology offers many tangible benefits, including multiyear product cycles, no product wearout, the ability to accurately forecast usable storage system life, and security options beyond encryption. But OEMs continue to design in substandard...
