SSDs to become very important in year 2011

According to major memory industry players are of the views that SSDs to become very active in the PC market in 2011. Chipmakers are expected to switch over to new 20nm-class processes by then, and will also bring down its cost which will result in SSDs into important choice for low cost storage. In an event in Taipei, memory makers from Chinese and Taiwanese requested all companies to develop and standardize SSD specifications so that it can be challenged to core technologies currently controlled by major international vendors.

Sabertooth Z PATA ZIF SSD for your HP Mini 1000 – Turbo charge your HP Mini 1000

HP Mini 1000 owners can now ‘double’ the bootup and application load speeds by using the latest SSD from Active Media: Sabertooth Z PATA ZIP SSD. It has 82MB/sec transfer speed and it comes in 16GB and 32GB capacity. The SSD is also easy to install. It can also be used in other HP Mini netbooks like 1010NR, 1030NR and 2510P.

“The SaberTooth Z cuts bootup and application load times in half.” said Vice President of Sales at Active Media Products, Jerry Thomson. “HP Mini 1000 users will be amazed at the ease of installation and the difference it makes in performance.”

The 16GB SSD costs $70 whereas 32GB SSD will cost you $110.

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Sandisk launches SSDs for netbooks – pSSD P2 and S2 SSD

We have waited long enough for Sandisk to make its entry to the netbook market and they have finally unveiled pSSD P2 and S2 SSD. The S2 SSD offers 9000 vRPM (virtual revolutions per minute). Both of these new SSDs use a new technology called nCache which basically allocates a dedicated 320MB for caching which improves the overall performance.

Both of these SSDs are available in 8, 16, 32 and 64 GB capacities.

“Canonical is enabling original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and designers (ODMs) to offer consumers a fantastic user experience with Ubuntu Netbook Remix running on netbooks,” said Chris Kenyon, director, OEM services, Canonical. “Our tests have shown SanDisk second generation pSSD equipped with nCache performing significantly better than a 5400 RPM HDD, providing Ubuntu users with the speed and stability that they need.”

“All-day battery life is critical in the netbook space, where OEMs carefully evaluate each component for optimal energy efficiency,” said Glen Burchers, marketing director, consumer segment, Freescale. “Like Freescale’s i.MX51 processor, SanDisk’s pSSDs are designed with power management in mind, thus addressing critical market requirements.”

New SSD processors from SandForce to provide better performance (SF-1000)

Sandforce unveiled SF-1000 SSD, which employ Sandforce’s new processor that is going to provide consumers cheap and reliable way of storing data on their computers. Thanks to its new Duraclass technology, the company is confident that it will blur away all the doubts that some people have developed about the MLC SSDs regarding their endurance, reliability and data retention issues.

They claim that their controller technology will allow the MLC (Multi Layer Cell) to be used in place of SLC (Single Layer Cell). This would reduce the cost nearly 4 times as compared to what the SLC used to cost. The company also claims its controller can improve MLC sequential read/writes to 250MB/sec. or 30,000 I/Os per second using 4k random writes.

If you do not know the difference between the SLC and MLC. Do not panic. Basically, SLC is superior to MLC as they promise better performance and more write cycles. MLC, on the other hand cost less than the SLC and generally come with higher storage capacity.

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Super Talent now shipping UltraDrive ME and UltraDrive LE SSDs

Super Talent’s 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB UltraDrive LE and 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB UltraDrive ME are immediately available in production volumes. The UltraDrive LE is rated for a maximum sequential read speed of 230MB/sec and a maximum sequential write speed of 170MB/sec. The UltraDrive ME is rated for a maximum sequential read speed of 200MB/sec and a maximum sequential write speed of 160MB/sec.