In summary, the advanced Swissbit Lifetime Monitoring Feature enables users to access the memory device’s detailed Life Time Status, and allows predicting imminent failure, thus avoiding unexpected data loss. This feature uses an extended S.M.A.R.T. (Self – Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) interface or vendor specific commands to retrieve the Flash product information. Utilizing intelligent wear-leveling which ensures that all dynamic and static data is balanced evenly across the entire Flash storage drive. This approach to wear-leveling will guarantee that maximum write endurance is achieved. Using this technology the Flash storage drive can report detailed lifetime status, which allows designers and users to predict imminent system stops to avoid costly downtime. Various lifetime relevant statistics are also available for analysis, such as the usable Flash spare blocks and remaining guaranteed Flash write life. The lifetime statistics information is collected online while operating, and the S.M.A.R.T. status will change to warn when critical values are reached. To add further value, Swissbit has developed an easy to use Windows application to interpret the S.M.A.R.T. lifetime statistical data. Swissbit has available Windows and Linux software libraries along with an easy to use application programming interface (API).