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SanDisk Drops Price On Solid-State Drives For Laptops
The latest devices operate at a 40,000 vRPM, or virtual RPM, a metric used to compare the speeds of SSDs and HDDs. The SanDisk drives read and write data at 200 MBps and 140 MBps, respectively.
“With large capacities and aggressive pricing, SSDs are poised to enter mainstream corporate notebooks in 2009,” Rich Heye, senior VP and general manager of SanDisk’s SSD business unit, said in a statement.
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SSDs use flash memory chips to store data, so have no moving parts. As a result, the technology is quieter, uses less power and is more reliable than HDDs. In addition, SSDs are faster and are more rugged.
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January 12th, 2009 at 11:03 am
I have been excited about Solid State Drives since its arrival in the market. To be honest, I could not yet afford to use SSD yet because of its high price. But the way, SSD price is decreasing, I guess, I will also be able to use SSD in near future. In fact, who does not want faster data transfer with higher reliability.