SanDisk Reveals World's Smallest SSD, the 'iSSD'
No, this is not Apple's SSD... unless it ends up in a Mac.
SanDisk has announced what it claims to be the world's smallest SSD. Of course, with SSDs being made up of flash memory, it shouldn't be hard to imagine just how much storage one could fit on a drive the size of a postage stamp.
SanDisk calles it the integrated SSD, or iSSD for short, and it's designed for tablet PCs and ultra-thin notebooks. The iSSD is the first flash SSD device to support the industry standard SATA interface in a small BGA (Ball Grid Array) package that can be soldered onto any motherboard, and is fast enough to use as a boot drive.
The iSSD is advertised by SanDisk as offering 160MB/sec sequential read and 100MB/sec sequential write speeds. It measuring 16mm x 20mm x 1.85mm and weighs less than one gram.
The SanDisk iSSD is available now for sampling to OEMs in capacities ranging from 4GB to 64GB.
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why does everything have to start with "i" nowadays
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I wonder if Apple will sue them for using "i". Either that, or it's a great marketing tactic for San Disk. "Hey Apple, I'll give you exclusive "iSSD" rights for your "i" products for i$$$$$$$$."
Seems like a decent idea for its usage.
64GB???! I was expecting like 1
This is really neat. It would be cool if motherboard manufacturers would all start adding these to their boards so I could backup critical data or just use it as a boot drive
why does everything have to start with "i" nowadays/???
Because the world has become a proper grammar/spelling failure. And thank you to Apple for perpetuating it.
I wonder if Apple will sue them for using "i". Either that, or it's a great marketing tactic for San Disk. "Hey Apple, I'll give you exclusive "iSSD" rights for your "i" products for i$$$$$$$$."
so does everything that start with "i" have to do with the fruit company now?
why does everything have to start with "i" nowadays/???
Remember when everything started with an "e"? Ah, the good old days.
Thats a marvel.
Remember when everything started with an "e"? Ah, the good old days.
eWaste became a bad moniker. We have yet to start talking about iWaste, nobody wants to wear that one, even though we all make iWaste (even those of us who don't buy overpriced products from a company that tries to censor it's consumers).
why does everything have to start with "i" nowadays/???
iSee that you did not begin your post with an "i". You have been penalized for not following the rules and must sit out a minimum of 3 news articles before you can post again.
Apple uses 'i' because they seem to think it "sounds cool." San Disk is using the 'i' in their product for a more practical reason, denoting it as an integrated drive. It's like eSATA is an external version of the SATA drive connector.
Isn't it supposed to be "i" before "e".
Everthing use to be e this or e that now everything start with an i it's all backwards!
All joking aside, those are pretty good read and write speeds and up to 64GB huh? That's pretty big for something so small! I think it would be cool to have a 64GB USB 3.0 SSD the size of the flash drive.
As already said here, it would be GREAT if MoBos would come with such a drive on board, 64 GB would be enough for Win7 install (I think) and more than enough for Linux
So you only need to add SATA HD for the tons of musics and videos
Amd (or manufacturer "asus, sapphire ect..) should addopt this in the lineup of Liano apu itx motherbords.
Would be great for htpc who have storage in nas form..
No need for mooving part or any other parts for that matter.
Mobo,cpu,pico psu,ram n ur done..
I wonder if Apple will sue them for using "i". Either that, or it's a great marketing tactic for San Disk. "Hey Apple, I'll give you exclusive "iSSD" rights for your "i" products for i$$$$$$$$."
Hardly because usually it has been the other way around. Apple was sued due to the names of the iPhone and iPad.
iPee'd my pants over this news! sounds epic ><
If anything it should be µSSD (as in micro SSD). We all know that the "i" in the apple products stand for "Idiot".
OT - Another step closer to seeing true tablet PCs and not just smart phones with larger screens. Stream media of a PC/NAS all the time is just no fun. I want my mobility and my media in one and 8gig is just a joke.
Kind of looks like they are just making a SDHC that can be soldered to the mainboard.
So is it an SDHC card w/ a SATA data interface called a "drive?"
4~64GB not impressive ~ just like a thumb drive ~ size
SanDisk already has iNAND, this is just a rebrand of samething....
4~64GB not impressive ~ just like a thumb drive ~ size
Except faster, cheaper, and more compact...its tiny and fits on a motherboard. Integrated = a lot less cost.
So is it an SDHC card w/ a SATA data interface called a "drive?"
Not exactly, since the read and write speeds are far faster than typical SD/SDHC flash.
Screw the computers throw that in my damn phone.
iCarumba!
I wasn't sure if the postage stamp size SSD had space in orders of MB's in magnitude or single GB's. But if you can have that postage stamped SSD in your tablet or netbook, and have 24, 32 or 64GB of space on it, you might call yourself a lucky guy!
Eventhough it has fast continuous speed, I wonder how it does on iops.
SDHC cards where the SSD's of 5 years ago, but they perform horrible for random operations.
64GB's? Nice. =)
Don't like the name, should be call the mini-SSD.
if they call it the iSSD, it would imply that it's for peple who don't understand technology.
sounds like a new flash card lol
From a designer's standpoint, a reduction in the number of interfaces makes life a lot more simple.