SanDisk unveiled its next-generation of flash memory-based solid-state drives, dubbed SanDisk pSSD. These drives are designed for netbooks.
Designed as drop-in replacements for hard-disk drives, SanDisk's new 2nd generation module has a SATA interface to meet new netbook design requirements. The SATA interface offers a significant boost in performance rendering these SSDs faster than HDDs in critical aspects. Booting and launching applications take just half the time of an HDD. The SSDs are available in capacities of 8, 16, 32 and 64GB.
SanDisk's Gen 2 pSSD drives, slated to be available in February, 2009, are built using 43-nanometer Multi-Level Cell (MLC) flash memory.
