Technical resources

Browse free whitepapers (with PDF download), selection guides, application notes, Q&A, and glossary entries for industrial DRAM, SSD, card, and module design-in. Use them to shortlist SKUs, check temperature and interface fit, and brief your BOM review — product catalog PDFs are on the Downloads page.

Guides

Guide

NAND Flash Pin-to-Pin Cross-Reference Guide: Loongtion Replacements…

Pin-to-pin NAND Flash cross-reference guide: replace Micron MT29F, Kioxia TC58, and YMTC NAND with Loongtion equivalents. ONFI 4.0 TLC, BGA packages, indus…

Guide

SATA DOM Drop-in Fit Guide (Kontron-class & Industrial Boards)

Mechanical and electrical fit checklist for vertical industrial SATA DOM — Kontron KSSDS-DOM-class footprints, height/orientation, SLC capacity, and CN pro…

Guide

Integrating Industrial eMMC 5.1 in Embedded Systems: A Practical Gui…

Industrial eMMC 5.1 combines NAND flash with a controller that handles ECC, wear leveling, and bad block management, simplifying system design. This guide…

Articles

Article

eMMC vs NAND Flash in Embedded Systems: Architecture, Trade-offs, an…

For embedded system designers, choosing between an integrated eMMC solution and raw NAND flash plus an external controller is a fundamental decision. eMMC…

Q&A

Q&A

SATA DOM FAQ: Industrial Boot Drive Questions Answered

A SATA DOM (Disk on Module) is a solid state storage module that plugs directly onto a SATA connector. There is no cable, no separate enclosure, no power w…

Glossary

Glossary

SLC, MLC, TLC, pSLC: NAND Flash Cell Types Glossary for Industrial S…

NAND flash cells are classified by how many bits each cell stores. The number of bits per cell drives everything: density, endurance, speed, and price. For…

Glossary

What Is 3D NAND? Non-Volatile Memory Glossary

3D NAND is a flash memory architecture where storage cells are stacked vertically in layers, increasing density without shrinking the planar cell size. Lea…

Glossary

What Is FTL? Flash Translation Layer Glossary

FTL (Flash Translation Layer) is firmware that maps logical block addresses to physical NAND pages, enabling flash memory to behave as a block device. Lear…

Glossary

What Is NAND Flash? Non-Volatile Memory Glossary

NAND Flash is a type of non volatile storage memory that retains data without power. It was invented by Dr. Fujio Masuoka at Toshiba in 1987 and named for…

Glossary

What Is eMMC? Embedded MultiMediaCard Glossary

eMMC (Embedded MultiMediaCard) is a monolithic embedded storage device that integrates NAND Flash memory, a controller (including LDPC based ECC), and a JE…