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TAMPA, Fla. — Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, easily survived a vote Tuesday that would have called on him to give up his role as chairman of the nation's largest bank. But shareholders sent a message that the bank needed better oversight, giving only narrow approval to three of the bank's board members.
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Apparently, neglected drunk chicks in skimpy dresses at nightclubs aren't the only ones willing to engage in lesbian action for attention. Bonobo monkeys do it too! In a recent study, scientists found that female apes use homosexual sex to gain attention and social status. Supposedly, female Bonobos use vocalizations during girl-only sex to "reduce stre…
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March 3, 2012
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As some of you may know, the last few months I've been in the process from moving from PA to our new farm in West Virginia. So the name kay_in_pa just didn't make sense any more.
Look for my new user name quiltingfarmlady soon on announcements regarding the 2013 Birthday Block Exchange as Kristine (tinyteena) and I will be working together on getting this exchange set up and under way!
Kay... not in PA
Congrats on your move. I can't even imagine how difficult your move must have been. I only moved to a house on three acres about 15 miles away, not a farm and still haven't found everything. Going on month 7 and I'm sure the camera battery charger will turn up soon??? The rented storage building is almost history...ahhhh.
It will take us a while to get used to your new name - but I am sure we will ... I can't imagine moving a farm! DH & I have talked about downsizing to a smaller house (he would like to move into a motorhome full time!) but, he could never part with his "junk"!!! I can't get him to clean his office, let alone give anything up, so I guess I am safe for a while.
Good luck with the move.
Unfortunately, the move isn't complete yet. DH is with the chickens and some of the pigs in PA. I'm here in WV with our sow and her litter of piglets, our horses, mule and donkeys.
I have a feeling it will be next year sometime before we actually complete the move. The farm move isn't even as daunting as moving DH's business. So much equipment and so many parts!
But the biggest plus is that I'll have a LOT more room as my quilting space! In fact, my quilting supplies and I have been "separated" now for a little over 2 months. And I'm definitely having withdrawal symptoms! Planning on a temporary space here sometime in the next couple of weeks!
Kay, Sounds like you have plenty to keep you busy....especially getting a space set up for your sewing. I do know what withdrawal feels like and believe me, you will feel so much better when you can finally reconnect to quilting. Hope it all comes together for you and your DH easily and quickly.
I was born in WV - Oak Hill. That's the area all my kin live, Oak Hill, Fayetteville, Summersville. I have an Aunt that lives at the top of the New River Gorge, not far from the bridge where the crazy people jump off of once a year.
ritaweeda, I have been under that bridge the crazy people jump off, whitewater rafting. That's God's country there and I was just celebrating my parent's anniversary date. 78 years ago today, they eloped to Wheeling, riding there in the rumble seat of their friend's roadster. I very seriously thought about moving there (we are less than an hour from the WV border) before I married present hubby. I love that state. Kay.........best wishes on your move.
Ritaweed, I've been to the New River and it's just breath taking country. There's a book called Follow the River that takes place between there and Virginia.
We're at the opposite end of WV, about as far north as you can go in the Eastern Panhandle, about 10 minutes south of Hancock, MD. But this part of WV is beautiful, too. Our farm is 23 acres with a nice big pond, and the pasture almost fills a little valley in the woods between 2 mountain ranges. Berkeley Springs itself was the nation's first spa, and it now has the beginnings of being an artist town. For being so small, there's a lot going on.
Thanks for the good wishes, everyone.
Here is a link that might be useful: About Berkeley Springs
Quiltingfarmlady, aka Kay...Congratulations on your moving process...I can't imagine moving a farm, but you are in one of the most beautiful areas I've visited. I would recommend partaking in the Berkeley Springs spas...it's heavenly. DH and I drive up that way every once in while for a quick escape...it's so lovely!
Hi Kay,
The summer before last we went to a family reunion at the Homestead House in the western part of Virginia. I think that is probably a few hours from you, but when you talked about the first hot springs it reminded me of that area as we visited some hot springs that were very old and really neat. It is a beautiful area. Good luck with your move.


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But here's the picture of the fireplace we were talking about. One from straight on and one showing the brick going inside the box...
any ideas as to best layout? It's about 49 5/8 wide across at top and 7.5" on either side of the fireplace. It's 10.5 inches vertically in the center from the mantle to the opening, and another 39 inches total from the mantle to the floor on the sides.
As you can probably see, there's a few paint drips from the mantle being painted but the brick has never been painted.
Did I understand you correctly that it should be skim coated to even out the mortar lines and left to dry? For some reason I thought I could just get away with putting thinset thicker in those places while tiling.
When I've seen this done on television or online, they usually build a support board and start above the fireplace and then return to do the rest once that first row has set. Is that what you would recommend?
This is easy. Center the pieces across the top, with the center of a tile falling on the center of the fireplace. The tiles that fall about an inch or so past the side edges of the opening, cut them so that the joint falls flush to the edge of the opening, so that the pieces up the sides will flow smoothly. As for the sides, Cut the bottom pieces at 2 13/16" (based on the tiles being exactly 12"). That will take into account (3) 1/16" grout joints, and bring the full tiles up to meet the tiles coming across the top.
As for the skim coating, you're right-- you CAN do it all at one time. But it'll work better for you if you skim it first.As for the support board, You're right. That's also how I usually do it.
One thing you might want to do, though. I'm noticing in the picture there's some soot on the brick and mortar joints above the fireplace. See about getting some TSP (trisodium phosphate) from HD, Lowes, or any other hardware store. It's about the best greasecutting cleaner you can find, and it'll take care of that soot pretty easily.
Perfect, thank you! See I probably would have gotten that wrong and tried to cut each of the tiles in between the 7 1/2 sides into equal sizes. I wasn't sure which way would "look" right.
Thanks for the TSP tip too, I think the soot looks worse in the pic than in real life but maybe I'm just in denial.
How about that inside portion of the firebox, that three inches or so where you're looking at the side of the front brick? Would you tile that also?
And would you use a tapcon into the brick mortar to brace the support board or some other kind of clamp?
How about that inside portion of the firebox, that three inches or so where you're looking at the side of the front brick? Would you tile that also?
Aesthetically speaking, I'd say yes. You want to cover all traces of the brick. Mechanically speaking, I don't know how those pieces, especially across the inside of the top, would handle that much heat. I don't know about you, but I've had fires in my fireplace hot enough to make the cast iron log carrier glow red. I don't know how the thinset would handle that. One way to find out! :-)
And would you use a tapcon into the brick mortar to brace the support board or some other kind of clamp?
Place the board across the opening, against the area where the top inside piece would go. Measure the distance to the floor from the bottom of the board. Add about a 1/2" to that measurement, and cut two pieces of wood that measurement, and wedge them in under the board. That'll hold it in place until the tiles dry.


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A quasi-synchronous DRAM circuit uses a plurality of asynchronous DRAM macros organized in memory banks. An interface conversion circuit receives external synchronous control signals and generates internal control signals for each of the plurality of asynchronous DRAM macros. A data buffer circuit is connected to each of the asynchronous DRAM macros by in internal input/output (I/O) bus. The interface conversion circuit controls the data buffer to provide synchronous burst of data through frequency conversion.
1. A quasi-synchronous DRAM circuit comprising:
a plurality of asynchronous DRAM macros organized in memory banks;
an interface conversion circuit receiving external synchronous control signals and generating internal control signals for each of the plurality of asynchronous DRAM macros; and
a data buffer circuit connected to each of the asynchronous DRAM macros by in internal input/output (I/O) bus and controlled by the interface conversion circuit to provide synchronous burst of data through frequency conversion.
2. The quasi-synchronous DRAM circuit recited in claim 1 wherein the interface conversion circuit controls the memory banks independently of one another using separate control signals.
3. The quasi-synchronous DRAM circuit recited in claim 1 wherein the interface conversion circuit and the data buffer circuit are optionally disabled to use the quasi-synchronous DRAM circuit as a conventional asynchronous DRAM circuit.
4. The quasi-synchronous DRAM circuit recited in claim 1 wherein the data buffer circuit comprises high-speed bidirectional circuits, including off-chip drivers for transferring data from the DRAM macros to I/O pads and input buffers for transferring data from the I/O pads to the DRAM macros.
5. The quasi-synchronous DRAM circuit recited in claim 4 wherein the data buffer circuit further includes high-speed bus and multiplexer circuits for transferring data between the DRAM macros and the off-chip drivers and input buffers, the multiplexer circuits being controlled by the interface conversion circuit.
6. The quasi-synchronous DRAM circuit recited in claim 5 wherein the interface conversion circuit comprises:
a plurality of input buffer circuits for receiving external control and address signals; and
a command decoder connected to receive the external control and address signals and generating separate control signals to independently control the memory banks and control signals for the data buffer circuit.
7. The quasi-synchronous DRAM circuit recited in claim 6 wherein the command decoder comprises:
a state machine implemented in a gate-array design; and
combination logic receiving outputs of the state machine and generating the control signals.
8. the quasi-synchronous DRAM circuit recited in claim 7 implemented in a single integrated circuit package.
9. The quasi-synchronous DRAM circuit recited in claim 8 wherein the integrated circuit package includes processor core logic and peripheral circuitry.
10. The quasi-synchronous DRAM circuit recited in claim 7 wherein the DRAM macros are implemented as a plurality of DRAM chips mounted on a memory module and the interface conversion circuit and data buffer circuit are implemented as application specific integrated circuits mounted on the memory module.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to dynamic random access memories (DRAMs), embedded DRAMs and computer memory systems and, more particularly, to DRAMs where high-speed synchronous data transfer is required.
2. Background Description
Recently, many kinds of high-speed DRAMs, such as synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), are being used in computer systems. This is because the rapid increase in central processor unit (CPU) performance (about 70% annually) requires much faster instruction and data streams transferred between the CPU and DRAMs, while the access time for the conventional fast page mode DRAMs has not been improved much. However, an ever increasing number of new kinds of DRAMs require enormous design effort since, for example, existing SDRAMs require a totally new design almost from scratch in order to achieve high data rates. In addition, various application needs, such as a wide input/output (I/O) data path, increase the design effort even more. Another problem related to existing SDRAMs is that the clock distribution over the chip in SDRAMs is a considerable source of power consumption. Moreover, existing SDRAMs exhibit very slow performance if the clock frequency is low. This situation often occurs in low-end embedded applications.
FIGS. 1A and 1B show timing diagrams for existing asynchronous and synchronous DRAM interfaces, respectively, in 4-bit burst read operations. In an asynchronous interface, the high-to-low transitions of the RAS (row address strobe) and CAS (column address strobe) signals, respectively latch the multiplexed row and column addresses and start the row and column access operations. The CAS operations need to be repeated four times to get four bits of data out. The low-to-high transitions start pre-charging operations of the row and column circuitry. On the other hand, the SDRAM, which is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,404,338 operates in synchronization with clock signals to function as a main storage for high speed CPUs and graphics accelerators.
FIG. 1B shows typical access cycles in the SDRAM in the JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council) standard synchronous interface. The row and column address strobes and accesses start by setting the RAS and CAS signals to low at the rising edge of the clock, occur in clocks numbers 1 and 3, respectively. In the 4-bit burst mode operations, the succeeding column addresses are generated internally in linear or interleaved manner. The data output starts after a pre-determined clock cycle (in this case in clock number 5). Precharging the row circuitry starts in clock number 7 when the RAS signal is set to low after the column burst operations finish, while the CAS does not need a pre-charge operation. The RAS and CAS access latencies are limited only a few selections which are defined in the mode register as the integer multiple of the clock cycles. Here, latency means the number of clock cycles from starting the access to the acquisition of the data. This limitation results in narrow coverage of the clock frequencies of the SDRAM. In other words, if the frequency is too high, the memory access operations cannot catch-up to the clock, while if the clock frequency is too low, the memory access operations take much longer time than the DRAM really can provide.
FIG. 2 shows a typical block diagram of existing SDRAM design using a full custom approach down to the transistor level. The memory arrays 1a and 1b are configured in a two-bank architecture. By interleaving the memory access to the two banks, the access latency due to the pre-charge operations of the row circuitry can be minimized. Outputs from the memory arrays 1a and 1b are respectively provided to sense amplifiers 2a and 2b. The memory arrays 1a and 1b are addressed by row decoders 7a and 7b and column decoders 3a and 3b, respectively. The various control circuits, such as sequential control 5a and 5b and row column select 6a and 6b, are supplied with inputs from command decoder 102. Inputs to the command decoder are provided by the write enable (WE) buffer 104, the CAS buffer 105, the RAS buffer 106, and the chip select (CS) buffer 107.
The circuitry on the SDRAM chip is synchronous with a clock (CLK) from clock buffer 109 synchronized by an external clock (CKE) supplied by buffer 110. The clock lines, drawn by thick solid lines, reaches all across the chip, resulting in the larger power consumption for the clock related circuits. This is particularly serious if the pipeline architecture is used for the column circuitry for improved data rate.
Secondly, a high performance synchronous memory system is disclosed in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,291,580, consists of the standard DRAMs, latch and buffer circuits and control circuits implemented in separate chips. However, the system is not designed for a memory system that is logically and physically compatible with existing SDRAM and SDRAM SIMM (single in-line memory module).
Finally, a synchronous DRAM memory module is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,494,435. However, it is rather a straight forward implementation using synchronous DRAMs with better placement of the clock driver for higher clock rate.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a way of designing a high-performance and low-power SDRAM-like memory in a much shorter turn around time than in current practice.
It is another object of the invention to provide both synchronous and asynchronous DRAM interfaces for better coverage of clock frequency and to reduce the power consumption related to the clock distribution.
According to the preferred embodiment of the invention:
1. The macro block of the DRAM array and peripheral circuits (we call it a DRAM macro) are used. The interface of the DRAM macro is asynchronous, identical or some variation of the page mode standard DRAMs. The chip has at least two of the DRAM macros in order to emulate the two bank architecture of existing SDRAMs. For further improvement in data transfer rate, multiple bank (more than two) architecture can be used.
2. An interface conversion circuit is used from external synchronous interface to internal asynchronous DRAM macro interface. The conversion circuit controls the different banks independently using separate control signals.
3. A data-buffer circuit pre-fetches the data using an internal wide I/O bus with early pre-charge of the array and synchronously bursts the data from the data-buffer circuit through frequency conversion. The burst transfer is controlled by the interface conversion circuit.
The advantages of the invention are as follows:
1. It can reduce the design turn-around by making the best use of existing standard DRAM design and gate array circuits for the interface conversion circuit and data-buffer circuits. In particular, the use of gate array circuits for the interface conversion circuitry greatly reduces not only the design turn-around time but also the process turn-around time since different types of synchronous DRAMs can be designed with only the back end processing steps.
2. Frequency conversion through the data-buffer circuit can easily increase the data rate up to the bus interface limit without much circuit tuning effort.
3. Independent control of internal RAS and CAS signals, etc., further improve the data rate by interleaving multiple banks in RAS and/or CAS cycles.
4. There is no need to distribute a synchronization clock over the chip and, thus, the power consumption is smaller. This is particularly important compared to the column pipeline architecture of the SDRAMs.
5. The synchronous DRAM can also be used as a standard asynchronous DRAM by disabling the interface conversion and data-buffer circuits.
6. The synchronous to asynchronous interface conversion is better than the opposite way. In other words, realizing high frequency page cycles in the asynchronous DRAM interface using synchronous DRAM macros results in far more complex design in terms of the clock generation and interface conversions.
Another preferred embodiment of the present invention uses, instead of the wide on-chip bus, a high-speed page mode for the transfer. Otherwise, the rest is the same.
The concept of the present invention can be implemented in different ways while keeping the major advantages listed above. First, the concept of the present invention is realized in embedded systems where quasi-synchronous DRAM are embedded along with the CPU core and peripheral circuitry. Second, the present invention can be realized in a SIMM level implementation by placing standard DRAMs on the SIMM and using application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip(s) for the interface conversion and data-buffer circuits.
The foregoing and other objects, aspects and advantages will be better understood from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention with reference to the drawings, in which:
FIGS. 1A and 1B are timing diagrams comparing existing asynchronous and synchronous DRAM interfaces;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram representing an example of an existing SDRAM design;
FIGS. 3A and 3B are block diagrams of DRAM chip architectures according to the present invention for two banks and more than two banks, respectively;
FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C are timing diagrams of the external and internal signals for single-bit transfer, four-bit transfer using prefetch, and four-bit transfer using fast page mode, respectively;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the interface conversion circuit for the DRAM chip architectures shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B;
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the data input/output buffer circuit for the DRAM chip architectures shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B; and
FIGS. 7A and 7 are layout diagrams representing different implementations of the invention for an embedded DRAM chip and a memory-system-level implementation in SIMM, respectively.
Referring again to the drawings, and more particularly to FIG. 3A,. there is shown the basic concept of the DRAM in accordance with the present invention. Two sets of DRAM macros 202a and 202b constitute a two-bank architecture similar to an SDRAM. The interface conversion circuit 201 is responsible for the conversion between the synchronous DRAM interface to the asynchronous DRAM interface. ERAS, ECAS, etc., stand for external RAS, CAS, etc., while IRAS, ICAS, etc., stand for internal RAS, CAS, etc. Control signals other than RAS and CAS are omitted for simplicity of illustration. Note that each bank is controlled by independent IRASa, ICASa, . . . , IRASb, ICASb, . . . , etc., for the emulation of the two-bank architecture of the SDRAM. The data buffer circuit 203 is connected to the DRAM macros with a wide-on-chip bus when only one page cycle is used for the data transfer tot he buffer. Assuming a 4-bit burst, the on-chip bus in each bank needs to be four times as wide as the external I/O bus for efficient 4-bit bust mode. If high-speed multiple pad mode cycles can be used, the width of on-chip buses can be reduced.
FIG. 3B shows an enhanced architecture of the present invention. Multiple (more than two or 2n where n>1) banks 212a to 212d are used for further data rate improvement. In this case, ICAS from interface conversion circuit 211 is interleaved between bank A and bank B and between bank C and bank D. The present invention contemplates different varieties of interleaving of multiple IRASs and/or ICASs. The data buffer circuit 213 is connected to the DRAM macros with an on-chip bus.
FIG. 4A shows a timing diagram for single-bit transfer, FIG. 4B shows a timing diagram for 4-bit burst transfer using pre-fetch, and FIG. 4C shows a timing diagram for 4-bit burst transfer using multiple fast page mode transfers. Asynchronous internal control signals such as IRAS and ICAS are generated by the interface conversion circuit based on synchronous inputs such as ERAS and ECAS. Only the part of the data latched in the data buffer is transferred in single-bit transfer. In 4-bit transfer, the data is latched in the data buffer circuit.
In FIG. 4B, all of the data in the data buffer circuit is transferred in four clock cycles according to the burst control signal from the interface conversion circuit. This signal also controls the burst sequence such as linear and interleaved burst. The full page burst can also be emulated by a series of 4-bit bursts, although it is not shown in the figure.
Instead of having the wide on-chip data bus, the data transfer between the DRAM macro and data buffer circuit can be done using multiple fast page mode cycles as shown in FIG. 4C. CAS latency and burst mode are configurable by having a register in the interface conversion circuits.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the interface conversion circuit 211. The input buffers 401 represent all the input control buffers, such as ERAS, ECAS, EWE (external write enable), ECS (external chip selection), CLK (clock), and ADD (address). All input buffers are synchronous latch circuits. The command decoder consists of a state machine 410 and combination logic 420. The state machine 410 is a gate-array-based design. The combination logic 420 can be synthesized through a hardware description language (HDL). The command decoder receives the external control signals and address from the input buffers 401, converts these signals to internal control signals 430 (i.e., IRASa, ICASa, . . . , IRASb, ICASb, . . . )and burst address generator 440 and burst control signal 441 to select the data I/O buffer circuit.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the data I/O buffer circuits. These are high-speed bidirectional circuits which are designed to minimize the data transfer time between the DRAM macros 501 and the I/O pads 511. The DRAM macros have an internal 256-bit wide data bus denoted DB 0:255!. Each data bus is held by a weak latch 503. Select signals, which come from the interface conversion circuit, control the 2:1 multiplexers 504 and the 8:1 multiplexer 506 and the disable or burst address control 508 which holds at latch 505. The total 64-bit data input/output buses denoted DQ 0:63! are connected. Each data input/output data bus is held by a weak latch 507.
The READ data command will transfer data from the DRAM macro 501 through the off-chip driver 509 to the I/O pads 511. The WRITE data command will input data through the I/O pads 511 to input buffer 513 and distribute to the I/O buses and then to DRAM macros 501.
FIGS. 7A and 7B represent different implementations of the present invention. FIG. 7A is for an embedded DRAM chip, while FIG. 7B is for a memory-system level implementation in SIMM (single in-line memory module) using standard DRAMs and separate ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) chip(s).
In FIG. 7A, the CPU core 300 communicates with the quasi-synchronous DRAM 302 according to the invention. See FIGS. 3A and 3B. Other peripheral circuitry 301 is included in this embedded implementation.
FIG. 7B shows the interface conversion circuit and data buffer circuit implemented in a SIMM using wide I/O standard DRAM chips and separate ASIC chips. Although this implementation requires slightly expensive wide I/O DRAMs as well as additional ASIC chip(s), it provides a method of emulating a SDRAM-based SIMM using standard DRAMs. In FIG. 7B the data buffer circuit is implemented in separate chips for the wiring on the printed circuit board (PCB).
While the invention has been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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Last week Imation, the company that is known for making CDs, DVDs, magnetic tape and in the past floppy disk (diskettes), bought Nexsan, a company known for the SATA and SAS storage products.
Imation also (or should be) owns the TDK and Memorex names (remember is it real or is it Memorex? If not Google it). They also have had for several years removable hard disk drive (RHDD) products including the Odyssey (I am in the process of retiring mine), as well as partnership with the former ProStor for RDX and having acquired some of the assets of ProStor namely their RDX based InifiVault storage appliance. Imation has also been involved in some other things including USB and other forms of flash-based solid state devices (SSD), as well as a couple of years (2007) they launched cloud backup with DataGuard before cloud backup had become a popular buzzword topic.
Imation has also divested parts of its business over past several years including some medical related (X-ray stuff) to Kodak who occupies part of the headquarter building in Oakdale MN, or at least last time I looked when driving by there on way from the airport. They also divested their SAN lab with some of the staff going to Glasshouse and other pieces going to Lion bridge (an independent test lab company). Beyond traditional of data protection, backup/restore and archiving media or mediums from consumer to large-scale enterprise, Imation has also been involved in other areas involving recording. Imation also has done some other recent acquisitions around dedupe (Nine Technologies).
For its part, Nexsan has extended their portfolio from SATA and SAS products, AutoMaid Intelligent Power Management (IPM) which gives benefits of variable power and performance without the penalties of first generation MAID type products. Read more about IPM and related themes here, here and here. Nexsan also supports NAS and iSCSI solutions in addition to their archive and content or object storage focused Assureon product they bought a few years ago.
This is a good acquisition for both companies as it gives Imation a new set of products to sell into their existing accounts and channels. It also can leverage Nexsan's channel and solution selling skills giving them (Nexsan) a bigger brand and large parent for credibility (not that they did not have that in the past).
Here are is a link to a piece done by Dave Raffo that includes some comments and perspectives from me. To say that the synergy here is about archiving or selling SSD or storage would be too easy and miss a bigger potential. That potential is Imation has been in the business of selling consumable accessories for protecting and preserving data. Notice I said consumable accessories which in the past has meant manufacturing consumable media (e.g. Floppy disks or discs, CD, DVDs, magnetic tapes) as well as partnering around flash and HDDs.
In many environments from small to large to super-sized cloud and service providers, some types of storage systems including some of those that Nexsan sells can be considered a consumable media or medium taking over the role that tape, CDs or DVDs have been used in the pat. Instead of using tape or CDs or DVDs to protect the HDDs and SSDs based data, HDD based solutions are being used for disk-to-disk (D2D) protection (part of modernizing data protection). D2D is being done as appliances, or in conjunction with cloud and object storage system software stacks such as OpenStack swift, Basho Riak CS, CloudStack, Cleversafe, Ceph, Caringo and a list of others, in addition to appliances such as EMC ATMOS among others than can support 3rd party storage device as consumable mediums. Keep in mind that there is no such thing as a data or information recession, and people and data are living longer and getting larger, both for big data and little data.
The big if in this acquisition which IMHO is a fair price for both parties based on realistic valuations is if they can collective execute on it. This means that Imation and Nexsan need to leverage each other's strengths, address any weakness, close gaps and expand into each other's markets, channels and sell the entire portfolio as opposed to becoming singular focused on a particular area tool or technology. If Imation can execute on this and Nexsan leverages their new parent, the result should be moving from the roughly $85M USD sales to $100M+ then $125M then $150M and so forth over the next couple of years.
Even if Imation keeps maintains revenues or a slight increase, which would also be a good deal for them, granted the industry pundits may not agree, so let us see where this is in a few years. However if Imation can grow the Nexsan business, then it would become a very good deal. Thus, IMHO the price valuation for the deal has the risk built into, something like when NetApp bought the Engenio business unit from LSI back in 2011 for about $480M USD. At that time, Engenio was doing about $705M USD in revenue and seen by many industry pundits as being on the decline, thus a lower valuation. For its part, NetApp, has been executing maintaining the revenue of that business unit with some expansion, thus their execution so far is being rewarding for taking the risk.
Let us see if Imation can do the same thing.
Now, does that mean that Nexsan was the last of the independent storage vendors left?
Hardly, after all there is still Xiotech, excuse me, Xio as they changed their name as part of a repackaging, relaunch and downsizing. There is DotHill who supplies partners such HP, or Dothills former partner supplier InfoTrend. If you are an Apple fan then you might know about Promise, if not, you should. Lets not forget about Data Direct Networks (DDN) that is still independent and at around $200M (give or take several million) in revenue, are very much still around.
How about Xyratex, sure they make the enclosures and appliances that many others use in their solutions, however they also have a storage solutions business focused on scale out, clustered and grid NAS based on Lustre. There are some others that I am drawing a blank on now (if you read this and are one of them, chime in) in addition to all the new or current generation of startups (you can chime in as well to let people know who you are to be bought).
There is still consolidation taking place, both of smaller vendors by mid-sized vendors, mid-sized vendors by big vendors, big vendors by mega vendors, and startups by established.
Again congratulations to both Imation and Nexsan, let us see who or what is next on the 2013 mergers and acquisition list, as well as who will join the where are they now club.
Disclosure: Nexsan has been a StorageIO client in the past; however, Imation has not been a client, although they have bought me lunch before here in the Stillwater, MN area.
With Imation having their own brand name and identity, not to mention TDK and Memorex, now I have to wonder will Nexsan be real or Memorex or something else? ;)
Ok, nuff said.
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