2nd Generation SanDisk pSSD
Solid State Drive Running Windows 7 Contributes to Laptop’s Light Weight
and Low Power Consumption
MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2009--
SanDisk
Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards,
today announced that the 64-gigabyte (GB)1 SanDisk®
pSSDTM Gen2 solid state drive was selected by Sony as the SSD
of choice for its new VAIO X ultra-thin laptop.
Solid State Drives (SSD) use no moving parts, enabling improved
durability that helps prevent data loss resulting from drive failure.
Computers with SSD run quieter and cooler, and use less power than
conventional hard disk drives (HDD). The SanDisk pSSD drive’s small size
complements ultra-thin laptops with small form factor requirements.
The SanDisk pSSD offers several features that contribute to the extreme
thinness and long battery life of this lightweight Windows 7 notebook.
The pSSD’s compact size (weighing only 7.1 grams and measuring 54mm x
32mm x 4.4mm) and LIF PATA interface are well-suited to Sony's
particular form factor requirement. In addition, the drive’s power
consumption (average power of 0.15W2) is significantly lower
than that of a traditional hard disk drive.
SanDisk’s modular solid state drive, SanDisk pSSD, offers 9,000 vRPM3
of performance and has the added benefit of employing nCache™
technology, a large non-volatile write cache technology that boosts
burst random write performance up to three times over steady state
performance and up to 20 times faster than pSSD Gen1 to further enhance
the user experience4. nCache technology improves user
responsiveness and helps prevent incidence of drive "stalling".
“The release of Sony's VAIO X symbolizes a market shift towards
pioneering flash-based laptop designs, eliminating the weight and size
constraints of the legacy hard disk drive,” said Doreet Oren, director
product marketing, solid state drives, SanDisk. “The SanDisk pSSD drive
enables laptops to be thinner and lighter, while eliminating the
mechanical slow downs and malfunctions most commonly attributed to the
hard disk drive.”
“The selection of SanDisk pSSD drives by tier-1 OEMs for the newest
small, thin and light-weight laptop designs is a vote of confidence for
not only SanDisk solutions, but also for the potential of SSDs to move
the computing market light years forward,” said Jim McGregor, analyst at
In-Stat, a Reed Business independent industry research firm. “PC OEMs
understand the performance and power consumption benefits of SSDs and
are working hard to bring these solutions quickly and affordably to the
end user.”
SanDisk pSSD Gen2 drives support Windows XP, Linux, and Windows 7, the
OS of choice for the Sony VAIO X laptop. SanDisk pSSD Gen 2 comes in a
variety of PATA and SATA interfaces and is available to OEMs in
capacities that range from 8GB to 64GB. More information about SanDisk
pSSD products is available at: www.sandisk.com/pssd
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards, from
research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and
retail distribution. SanDisk’s product portfolio includes flash memory
cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital
audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise;
embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for
computers. SanDisk
is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales
outside the United States.
1 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes
2 While running MobileMark and average (typical) power
3 vRPM (virtual Revolutions Per Minute) - a metric to compare
SSD performance in client PCs with the HDD and with other SSDs. vRPM =
50 / ((0.5 / 4kB random read IOPS) + 0.5 / 4kB random write IOPS))
4 Performance based on internal testing and projections may
vary depending on host device.
SanDisk’s product and executive images can be downloaded from:
http://www.sandisk.com/corporate/media.asp
SanDisk’s web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com
© 2009 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks
of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other
countries. SanDisk pSDD is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation. Other
brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and
may be the trademarks of their respective holder (s).
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including expectations for new product introductions, specifications,
applications, markets, and customers that are based on our current
expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause
these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause
these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others:
market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our
expectations or there may be a slower adoption rate for these products
in new markets that we are targeting, our products may not perform as
expected or may not be available at the prices, in the regions, in the
capacities or at the time expected and the other risks detailed from
time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and
reports, including, but not limited to, our most recent annual report on
Form 10-K and our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We do not
intend to update the information contained in this press release.
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Source: SanDisk Corporation
SanDisk Corporation
Mike Wong, 408-801-1240
mwong@sandisk.com
