NanoSSD Plugs Directly Into SATA Slot

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Elecom Japan is launching two nanoSSDs in a few weeks that can plug into a SATA motherboard slot.

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  • doomtomb
    Faster than current USB 2.0 flash drives that's for sure but what about the price?
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  • cjl
    It appears to be blocking the adjacent ports though...
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  • leafblower29
    It would interesting to RAID these. I think these might catch on.
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  • 08nwsula
    whatever can get rid of an extra cable from my case, I'm a fan of.
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  • cah027
    What would be the point. Too small to run an os.
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  • exit2dos
    I don't see the point. Why don't they just use an eSATA connector and use these as external thumb drives?
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  • dheadley
    I like the idea behind this but i think they should have tried to make them taller and skinnier as to match the connector and not block adjacent connector slots.
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  • the last resort
    quiet as a mouse? shouldn't it just be silent?
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  • spectrewind
    cjlIt appears to be blocking the adjacent ports though...
    That's the fault of the engineer(s) who staged the port headers off the mainboard in this configuration. Stacking the ports vertically would likely solve this.
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  • B-Unit
    spectrewindThat's the fault of the engineer(s) who staged the port headers off the mainboard in this configuration. Stacking the ports vertically would likely solve this.What?!? The mobo came first, the direct connect drive should have been built to fit.
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