Super Talent offers up 0.85- / 1-inch SSDs

Nothing here that you haven't seen before in one form or another, but the more the merrier, we say. Super Talent has introduced its very own super small SSDs ranging from 2GB to 8GB in size, but they're all based on Intel's Z-P140 solid-state drive. The new units all boast a maximum read speed of 40MB/sec and a maximum write speed of 30MB/sec, and the whole crew employs a parallel ATA interface with a ZIF connector. The 0.85-inch drives are being offered up in 2GB (FHD2GN85) and 4GB (FHD4GN85) sizes, while the 1.0-inch devices come in 2GB (FHD2GN10), 4GB (FHD4GN10) and 8GB (FHD8GN10) flavors. Per usual, we're left to wonder on pricing and availability, but we suspect these will be aimed more at netbook manufacturers than everyday folks, anyway.

[Via I4U News]

[Aguiluz @ Oct 22nd 2008 11:28PM]

According to the article, it's Parallel ATA on a ZIF connector.

Well, there goes the plan on retrofitting it on SATA based laptops.

[r121 @ Oct 28th 2008 12:52AM]

People who develop SSD over SATA interface for an MID are moron. SATA Serdes consumes a lot more power than PATA IOs.

[iEye @ Oct 22nd 2008 11:35PM]

At those sizes, you could basiclly stick a fast USB drive in the battery compartment and not know the difference... Dirt cheap 39MB/S drives are available now...

[chuuchdizzle @ Oct 22nd 2008 11:44PM]

or a CF card which are relatively cheap


but FYI in the past Super talent has always been a "cheap" brand meaning if its sold to consumers expect a low price, if its sold to manufacturers expect a steep price bump

[strider_mt2k @ Oct 23rd 2008 8:58AM]

Except for the speeds and the fact that regular flash memory will wear out very quickly by comparison.

Read up on it.

[strider_mt2k @ Oct 23rd 2008 11:00AM]

I...guess you didn't read up on it.

[Temo @ Oct 22nd 2008 11:41PM]

Just keep making more and keep moving those prices DOWN.

Can't wait when having SSD and HDD become necessary. SSD for OS and freaken used program... and HDD for backing large "Data"

[RoboDan @ Oct 22nd 2008 11:45PM]

Hmm... what differentiates this from a UDMA-able CF card (with a CF-SATA adapter)?

Is it just as expensive or more expensive?

[craig @ Oct 23rd 2008 12:44AM]

A CF card uses a parallel ATA interface as is. This card literally is a CF card in a somewhat different package.

[Jonny @ Oct 22nd 2008 11:55PM]

Would make an alright replacement for an iPod video with a dead HD, if you dont mind taking a very large storage hit.

[Alex @ Oct 23rd 2008 10:37AM]

i dont get it--how is this any better than my 8gb sd card? are the read/write speeds better?

[ark_v2 @ Oct 23rd 2008 11:17PM]

How about a mini/micro/SD card?