The Foremay SC199 Family represents the next generation of ruggedized solid-state drives (SSDs), engineered with advanced radiation-hardening technologies for mission-critical applications. These drives are optimized to perform reliably across the full spectrum of environments—from terrestrial systems to LEO, MEO, GEO, HEO, and deep-space missions.
Space and military electronics face a triple-threat of Total Ionizing Dose (TID), Single Event Effects (SEE), and Internal Electrostatic Discharge (IESD). While standard industrial SSDs often fail within months of orbital exposure, Foremay’s InterStellar™ utilizes a Graded-Z shielding architecture combining its patent-pending and proprietary technologies.
Foremay's InterStellar™ solution, including LEO orbit radiation hardening, effectively slows protons and captures secondary neutrons, reducing a raw 10,000 krad exposure to a manageable 500 krad threshold—ensuring hardware integrity across the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) and beyond. It also provides an effective barrier against the "Killer Electrons" of the outer Van Allen belts and secondary Bremsstrahlung radiation.
Furthermore, the architecture significantly increases the Total Ionizing Dose (TID) testing rating and LET (Linear Energy Transfer) threshold to resist and tolerate extreme radiations caused by Solar Particle Energy (SPE) and Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) in outer space and deep space. This makes it the premier choice for Single Event Effects (SEE) Immune Storage in the final frontier.
Beyond physical armor, the InterStellar™ features Foremay’s Interstellar AI-Driven Block Management (IABM™). This advanced firmware utilizes machine learning to create a real-time "Radiation Risk Map." By monitoring Bit Error Rate (BER) and predictive sensor data, this high-reliability SSD for defense and space proactively migrates mission-critical data away from "hot zones" struck by high-energy heavy ions.
Coupled with a radiation hardened electronics controller and Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR), the drive remains immune to Single Event Latch-ups (SEL), providing a level of Single Event Effects (SEE) mitigation previously unavailable in standard form factors.
SC199 series application examples are
- Space and Deep Space
- Defense / Military
- Aerospace / Aviation
- UAV / Remote Drones
- Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
- Submarine / Navy
- Missile Systems
- Ground Combat Systems
- Space Stations
- Medical Equipment
- Disaster Recovery
- Government Systems
- Oil Field / Mining
- Other Rugged Computing
| Form Factor | | R/W Speed, Max. (MB/s) | | Capacity (GB) | | Optional Features |
| 2.5” SATA III | | 550/500 | | 30 ~ 16,000 | | S1, S2, S3, HE, CC, SC, WP,OP |
| 2.5” SATA II | | 260/260 | | 30 ~ 16,000 | | S1, S2, S3, HE, CC, SC, WP |
| 1.8” micro SATA III | | 550/500 | | 30 ~ 2,000 | | S1, HE, CC |
| 1.8” micro SATA II | | 260/260 | | 30 ~ 2,000 | | S1, S2, S3, HE, CC, WP |
| 1.8” SATA | | 260/260 | | 30 ~ 1,000 | | S1, S2, HE, CC |
| U.2 (2.5" NVMe) | | 1,600/1,500 | | 1 TB ~ 16 TB | | S1, S2, S3, HE, CC, SC |
| 3U VPX | | 3.800/3,100 | | 1 TB ~ 16 TB | | S1, HE, CC |
| 2.5 IDE / PATA | | 100/80 | | 30 ~ 1,000 | | S1, S2, S3, HE, CC, WP |
| 1.8” IDE / PATA | | 100/80 | | 30 ~ 256 | | S1, S2, HE, CC |
| CompactFlash | | 90/80 | | 30 ~ 256 | | S1, HE, CC |
| CFast II | | 300/200 | | 30 ~ 256 | | S1, HE, CC |
| Optional Features |
| S1: Type-I secure erase, software or firmware based secure erase |
| S2: Type-II secure erase, hardware triggered secure erase |
| S3: Type-III secure erase, self-destroy secure erase |
| HE: Hardware based encryption |
| OP: TCG-Opal |
| WP: Write protect (read only) |
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