Texas Memory Systems
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry |
Solid State Storage Digital signal processing |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Headquarters | Houston, Texas, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Holly Frost, (Founder) |
| Products |
solid-state disks Digital signal processors |
| Parent | IBM |
| Website | ramsan.com |
Texas Memory Systems, Inc. (TMS) is a privately held American corporation that designs and manufacturers solid-state disks (SSDs) and digital signal processors (DSPs). TMS was founded in 1978 and that same year introduced their first solid-state drive,[1] followed by their first digital signal processor. In 2000 they introduced the RamSan line of SSDs which have evolved through new models available today. Based in Houston, Texas, they continue to supply these two product categories (directly as well as OEM and reseller partners) to large enterprise and government organizations.[2][3]
TMS has been supplying SSD products to the market longer than any other company.[4]
On August 16, 2012, IBM Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire Texas Memory Systems, Inc. This acquisition was completed as planned on October 1, 2012.[5][6]
Products
Flash and RAM SSDs
Most TMS SSDs are designed to operate with any compatible system, but a few are specifically designed to accelerate Oracle applications. They are all part of the RamSan product line.[7]
TMS produces the following categories of SSDs:
- PCIe Flash memory-based drives
- Flash memory-based systems
- Flash memory and RAM-based (cached Flash) systems
- RAM-based systems
The following are some of TMS' key storage products:
| Product Name | Form Factor | Storage Medium | Max Usable Capacity (GB) | Speed (IOPS) | Latency (microseconds) | Bandwidth (GB/s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RamSan-440[8] | 4U rackmount | DRAM | 512 | 600,000 | 15 | 4.5 |
| RamSan-630[9] | 3U rackmount | SLC Flash | 10,000 | 1,000,000 | 80 | 10 |
| RamSan-70[10] | PCIe | SLC Flash | 900 | 1,500,000 | 30 | 2.5 |
| RamSan-710[11] | 1U rackmount | SLC Flash | 5,000 | 400,000 | 35 | 5 |
| RamSan-810[12] | 1U rackmount | eMLC Flash | 10,000 | 400,000 | 25 | 4 |
| RamSan-720[13] | 1U rackmount | SLC Flash | 12,000 | 500,000 | 25 | 5 |
| RamSan-820[14] | 1U rackmount | eMLC Flash | 24,000 | 450,000 | 25 | 4 |
DSPs
Most of the TMS DSP products are part of the XP product line.[15]
- PCIe Accelerator cards
- DSP Processors
References
- ↑ Klein, Dean (2009-02-09). "History of Digital Storage. Part 6: The RAM SSD and NAND". Micron. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
- ↑ "Texas Memory Systems main website". TMS. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ↑ "Texas Memory Systems". IBM. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
- ↑ Kerekes, Zsolt. "Texas Memory Systems". ACSL. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ↑ "IBM Announcement". IBM. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- ↑ "TMS Announcement". TMS. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- ↑ "http://www.ramsan.com/products". TMS. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
- ↑ "RamSan-440". TMS. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ↑ "RamSan-630". TMS. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ↑ "RamSan-70". TMS. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ↑ "RamSan-710". TMS. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ↑ "RamSan-810". TMS. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ↑ "RamSan-720". TMS. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ↑ "RamSan-820". TMS. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ↑ "http://www.ramsan.com/products/digital-signal-processing-line". TMS. Retrieved 3 April 2012.