SanDisk Corporation has announced the uSSD 5000 solid state drive (SSD). It can be used as an economical substitute for hard disk drives in sub-$250 PCs, such as Intel-powered classmate PCs, according to manufacturer.
“SanDisk’s uSSD 5000 solid state drive is a USB module designed to be embedded directly onto the motherboard of low-cost PCs as a hard disk replacement. The uSSD 5000 solid state drive supports a variety of operating systems, including Microsoft’s Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Embedded, Windows Embedded for Point of Service and Windows CE, as well as Linux. The uSSD 5000 solid state drive is expected to be available in capacities from 2GB to 8GB,” the company’s press release says.
The uSSD 5000 solid state drives are only about one-fourth the size of 1.8-inch hard disk drives accordingly.
These SSDs are expected to be available for customer sampling in 30 days, with volume availability expected in the fourth quarter, in capacities ranging from 1 to 8 gigabytes. Currently, there is no information on pricing, but SanDisk claims the uSSD 5000 model with 2GB of storage space is significantly less expensive than even the lowest-capacity conventional hard drive.
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