The SanDisk pSSD (Parallel ATA solid state drive) eliminates the need for a hard disk drive and can store both the operating system and application data for these new devices.
SanDisk is making the new SSD modules available in 4-, 8- and 16-gigabyte (GB)1 capacities, with a streaming read speed of 39 megabytes per second (MB/s)2 and a streaming write performance of 17MB/s.2 It will support both Linux and Microsoft Windows XP operating systems.
The drives, which are expected to be available starting in August, are built using the company’s Multi-Level Cell (MLC) and Single-Level Cell (SLC) flash memory.
ULCPCs are handheld laptops – smaller than a conventional notebook computer but larger than a mobile “smart” phone – that are easy to carry and cost in the range of US$250 to US$350. They enable consumers to browse the internet on the go, with a user interface that replicates that of larger PCs.