Ampex’s TuffCORD X Brings NVMe Architecture to Mission-Critical Systems

By Chad Cox

Production Editor

Embedded Computing Design

August 04, 2025

News

Ampex’s TuffCORD X Brings NVMe Architecture to Mission-Critical Systems
Image Credit: Ampex Data Systems

Ampex Data Systems released the compact TuffCORD X, the innovative drop-in replacement for the TuffCORD. The solution supports improved NVMe architecture, enhanced storage density, and a high-speed 10-gigabit payload interface.

Its low power consumption, heightened cybersecurity, and seamless connectivity offers flexible usage as a recorder, file server, and data loader in challenging, edge environments with stringent information assurance necessities.

Features:

  • 10GbE and 1GbE interfaces
  • 750 MB/s Sustained Network Throughput
  • NVMe Architecture
  • Removable Storage Capacity Up To 16TB
  • Expandability And Flexibility: Customizable I/O Options
  • Built Rugged, MIL-STD-810 With MIL-STD Connectors

For more information, visit ampex.com/products/tuffcord-x/.

Chad Cox is the Production Editor at Embedded Computing Design. His responsibilities are centered around content creation, writing and editing, and article research and development. Chad covers industry news and events and is known to interact with various industrial leaders via on-premise visits and online interviews. He is responsible for the digital footprint and dissemination of news via social media posts, advertising creation and the production of newsletters including the Embedded Computing Design’s Daily.

He is well versed in many facets of industrial computing including Edge AI, IoT, Processing, Security, Open Source, and more.

Chad graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a B.A. in Cultural and Analytical Literature and holds a master’s in education.

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