Product of the Week: Viking Technology’s BGA SSD for Embedded & Industrial Applications
December 15, 2025
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Embedded, industrial, and military applications today are faced with many demands for enhanced data storage solutions that are efficient and reliable, capable of providing continuous operation in rugged environments, with high-density and space-saving features at the forefront of the design.
Viking Technology’s rugged BGA SSD is designed as a high-density, small-footprint package, measuring 20mm x 16mm. The BGA embedded solid-state drive (eSSD) solution leverages advanced NAND technologies and NAND geometry (iTLC), supporting reliability, lifespan, and performance in demanding, space-constrained mission-critical environments.
Viking Technology’s BGA SSD in Action
The iTLC NAND geometry enables the BGA SSD’s ability to support higher capacities with larger cells and more storage density. The SSD also supports PCIe, SATA, and legacy PATA interfaces, enabling devices to communicate with multiple host systems ranging from modern to traditional, and allowing the SSD to be utilized in various industries and devices, without the need for a whole system redesign.
The BGA SSD is designed to support high-throughput transfer rates, with optional embedded DRAM for improving data storage and high random read/write IOPS.
Viking’s BGA SSD solution supports reliability and security features such as Opal 2.0, Opalite 1.0, and Pyrite 1.0 storage-security standards developed by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG). For security, the SSD features full data error detection with recovery engines to support data integrity throughout the Host-to-NAND-to-Host data path.
Getting Started with Viking Technology’s BGA SSD
According to the product brief, the BGA SSD is packed with a variety of features that are designed to eliminate downtime, such as:
- Support for S.M.A.R.T. and advanced SSD Telemetry logging features
- IntelligentScan with DataRefresh for Data integrity enhancement
- Full End-to-End data path protection with recovery algorithms
- LDPC ECC engine with Group Page RAID
- Remote firmware updates available via secured digital signature
Additionally, the BGA SSD is designed to be easy-to-use with plug & play, which only requires format/fdisk prior to use, and supports a commercial and industrial (-40°C to +85°C) temperature range.
Additional Resources:
- Product page: https://www.vikingtechnology.com/military-memory-storage-solutions/bga-ssd/
- Product brief: https://www.vikingtechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/VikingTechnology_BGA-SSD_ProductBrief.pdf
Tiera Oliver, Assistant Managing Editor for Embedded Computing Design, is responsible for web content edits, product news, and constructing stories. She develops content and constructs ECD podcasts, such as Embedded Insiders. Before working at ECD, Tiera graduated from Northern Arizona University, where she received her B.S. in journalism and political science and worked as a news reporter for the university’s student-led newspaper, The Lumberjack.
