In summary, designers and engineers using NAND flash based card solutions face many challenges when designing industrial applications. All memory cells wear out over time. Temperature has an adverse effect on data retention which directly affects the integrity of data stored on the NAND Flash media. Power instability also introduces significant risks to data integrity on NAND Flash media and overall health of the media itself. Different NAND architectures have substantial differences in endurance, reliability, and data retention. ATP utilizes the highest quality SLC and MLC NAND architectures, as well as implementing passive and active power protection solutions depending on form factor and device footprint to mitigate against issues arising from power failure scenarios. This makes ATP an ideal choice when using a NAND based card solution for applications such as industrial computing, military, medical, industrial automation, “Down-Hole”, hand-held diagnostics, transportation, agriculture, and digital outdoor signage. For more comprehensive guidelines, solutions and additional application specific solution evaluation please visit www.digikey.com.