SanDisk Introduces Coin Sized 64GB SSD

[FiXT]

Sandisk has come up with a pretty inventive little device (see what we did there), dubbed the integrated SSD or iSSD. The iSSD is a solid state devices no bigger than a postage stamp at 16mm x 20mm x 1.85mm, and weighs less than one gram. The total potential capacity ranges anywhere from 4GB up to 64GB and can obtain speeds of up to 160MB/s read an... [ Read full article ]

[jcmaz]

How much would it cost? I bet it will be in the 4 digit range...

[FiXT]

Originally Posted by jcmaz

How much would it cost? I bet it will be in the 4 digit range...

It would only even be sold to OEM's & mfgs. This isn't a consumer level product at all.

[LarkStarr]

coin sized? I wonder what the inCENTive (see what I did there?) to use such a product would be, cost per GB over current flash..

[_dangtx_]

wow. pair this with the chewing gum sized pcb+ram+cpu+video computer and you get yourself a powerhouse inside a cell phone or such!

[bojangles]

Nice, that could mean they could save a whackload of space in a laptop and put another GPU in there for multi-GPU capabilities! MWAHAHAHAHA. Or some extra battery...

[fishingfanatic]

Maybe these will end up becoming the new SSDs integrated onto the pcbs. Half dozen at 64 gb/ means more capacity, and maybe, chuckle chuckle, lower pricing on those! Desk tops will be the size of laptops at this rate.

[JohnHenery]

Wonder if they could use these little SSDs in a usb flash drive that would be cool.

[tunksy]

"Wonder if they could use these little SSDs in a usb flash drive that would be cool. " an esata flash drive!

[AkG]

SuperTalent already does that. Their Raiddrive and SuperCrypt USB 3 flash drives are basically nothing more then a sata SSD w/ usb controller/bridge tacked on.
Think VERY fast. Think 245mb/s fast....from a thumb drive ;)