Everyday Nerd

Source: [Engadget]

The folks at BiTMICRO are about to blow some doors off of the SSD truck with a new product they’ll be showing at CES this year. According to a press release, the company is introducing a new, 2.5-inch solid-state drive with a whoppping 832GB of NAND flash goodness. The 3Gb SATA drive is a new addition to the company’s E-Disk Altima line, and utilizes a technology the company calls multi-level cell (or MLC) memory, which apparently doubles the number of bits stored per memory cell when compared with single-level cell (SLC) NAND. The drives are expected to ship Q3 2008 in capacities ranging from 32GB to 832GB — and you can be sure we’ll be staring intently at them (and asking for demo units) as soon as CES rolls around.

I said in the past that I’m a huge Solid Sate Drive(SSD) fan, and I’m getting more excited every day!  Toshiba is releasing - probably in May ‘08 - a 1.8 in. & 2.5 in. SATA SSD in three capacities: 32GB, 64GB and 128GB.  No prices have been announced yet.  I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these!

Source [Engadget]

Source: [Gizmodo]

Micron announced today that they will be releasing the RealSSD line of solid state drives, including a 64GB drive. While the entire line ranges from 1GB to 64GB, the 32 and 64 GB models are geared toward notebook and desktop use. The drives feature a SATA II interface and draw a mere 2 watts of power.

The 32GB drive will come in 1.8″ and 2.5″ sizes, while the 64GB will only ship in a 2.5″ size. Micron, who also owns memory makers Lexar and Crucial, will release an SSD USB enclosement under the Crucial brand, making SSD expansion easier for users. Micron also expressed an interest in making a 128GB SSD, but have no definite plans as of yet. Pricing is still undetermined on the 32GB and 64GB models, but Micron expects the products to ship in Q1 2008. [Micron]

I’m predicting that this is the greatest thing to happen to any notebook… ever! Trusted Reviews did a review on Samsung’s newest 32GB solid state disk. With no moving parts, low heat, and lower power consumption, what laptop would want this in side!!! This will be a great upgrade - once the size goes up, and the price goes down a bit… Samsung is among the rank of SanDisk, BitMicro, TDK, Hitachi and others that are developing SSD. I can’t wait!