HomeSandForce Names Scott Kamsler as its Chief Financial Officer
Final Management Position Filled as Company Readies for High-Volume Production
SARATOGA, CA. – November 17, 2009 – SandForce™ Inc., the pioneer of SSD (Solid State Drive) Processors that enable commodity NAND Flash deployment in enterprise and client computing applications, today announced that it has named Scott Kamsler as its Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kamsler has 30 years experience in finance and operations with both private and public technology companies in the semiconductor, communications and instrumentation industries. Read More
SandForce Closes $21 Million Series C Funding
Investment Fuels Growth of Award Winning SSD Processor Products
SANTA CLARA, CA. – November 10, 2009 – SandForce™ Inc., the pioneer of SSD (Solid State Drive) Processors that enable commodity NAND flash deployment in enterprise and client computing applications, today announced that it has closed $21 million in Series C funding. Led by new investor TransLink Capital, the round also included new investors UMC Capital, LSI Corporation, Red Maple Ventures, Darwin Ventures, and A-Data Technology as well as all of the existing SandForce investors –DCM, Storm Ventures, and Tier-1 storage OEMs. Read More
SandForce Selected for Best of Show Award at Flash Memory Summit 2009
SF-1000 SSD Processor Chosen as Most Innovative Flash Technology
SANTA CLARA, CA. – August 13, 2009 – SandForce™ Inc., the pioneer of SSD (Solid State Drive) Processors that enable commodity NAND flash deployment in enterprise and client computing applications, today announced that its SF-1000 SSD Processor Family has been chosen by the Flash Memory Summit as a Best of Show award winner for 2009. The annual Best of Show award at the Flash Memory Summit is the premier opportunity for industry recognition of innovative products and solutions, and how they are being used in the marketplace. Read More
SandForce to Demonstrate Game Changing DuraClass™ SSD Processor Technology at Flash Memory Summit
SandForce Utilizes Micron’s 34-nanometer NAND Flash
SANTA CLARA, CA. – August 11, 2009 – SandForce™ Inc., the pioneer of SSD (Solid State Drive) Processors that enable commodity NAND Flash deployment in enterprise and client computing applications, today announced the availability of the SF-1000 Evaluation 2.5” SSD featuring Micron’s highest capacity, cost-effective 34-nanometer (nm) NAND Flash devices. SF-1000-based SSDs with MLC (multi-level cell) Flash deliver unprecedented, single SATA drive PCMark Vantage benchmark scores exceeding 40,000, demonstrating real-life, workload performance leadership. Read More
SandForce SSD Processors Transform Mainstream Data Storage
Breakthrough DuraClass Technology Sets New Standards for SSD Reliability, Performance and Energy Efficiency
SARATOGA, CA. – April 13, 2009 – SandForce™ Inc., the pioneer of SSD (Solid State Drive) Processors that enable commodity NAND flash deployment in enterprise and mobile computing applications, today emerged from stealth mode and unveiled its first product, the SF-1000 SSD Processor family. These highly-integrated silicon devices address the inherent endurance, reliability, and data retention issues associated with NAND flash memory, making it possible to build SSDs that deliver unprecedented performance over the life of the drive with orders-of-magnitude higher reliability than enterprise-class HDDs (Hard Disk Drives). Read More
