EFDs provide efficient storage for mobile AR and IoT applications

The iNAND 8521 embedded flash drives (EFDs) from SanDisk are now stocked at Mouser. Built with 3D NAND technology and the fast UFS 2.1 interface, EFDs provide excellent read and write performance, fulfilling a storage solution for the most data-intensive mobile devices, as well as thin-and-light compute devices. The EFDs are 11.5mm x 13mm x 1mm storage solutions based on the company's latest 3D NAND technology. With a fast UFS 2.1 Gear 3 two-lane interface, the EFDs afford energy-efficient, plug-and-play integration in devices with demanding data-centric applications. The drives provide exceptional write performance, with up to 500MB per second (MBps) of sequential write speed and 45K input/output operations per second (IOPs) random write speed for fast file transfer and content download. The devices’ optimised controller architecture enables improved read performance, providing 800 MBps sequential read and 50K IOPs random read speed, which results in quick system boot-up and app launches. Providing capacities from 32GB to 256GB in a small form factor, the EFDs allow scalability and design flexibility in data-driven applications such as AR, high-resolution video capture, rich social media experiences, AI, and IoT edge devices.