Intel’s smallest flash drives
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Disk will offer the best $ / GB system for years to come. Flash drives have to offer something else. A case in point: Intel's new flash drives.
Tinier than disks
How tiny are they? The Z-P140 measures 12 x 18 x 1.8 mm and weighs 0.6 grams - 400 times smaller and 75 times lighter than a 1.8″ hard disk drive. 12 mm is about half an inch.
The Z-P140’s big brother, the Z-P230 PATA SSD, is only 1/4 the size and weight of a 1.8″ drive. Much of that is due to the size of the PATA connector.
How small are they? Z-P140 measures 12 x 18 x 1.8 mm and weighs 0.6 grams - 400 times smaller and 75 times more light than 1.8 "hard disk. 12 mm is about half inches.
Z-P140 of Big Brother, the Z-P230 PATA SSD, is only 1 / 4 of the size and weight of 1.8 "disk. Much of that is due to the size of PATA connector.
Intel provided pictures:
This is the PATA drive - taken at a different scale.
Tiny capacity too
In the devices are available in 2, 4, 8 and 16 GB capacity. They are aimed at people who manufacture cellphones, media players, EEE class laptops and the like.
2 part niche
Intel is part of the font size. The other is price. They are valued below discs, where discs may be due to the unavoidable costs of hardware such as heads and motors.
In 1000 the prices of units available on Q3 2008 for 4GB is $ 25 and 8GB part is $ 45. In 16GB will be available in Q4 2008. I suspect, more than the presence of 16 GB part is more related to obtaining prices lower prices than disk production capacity.
The Storage Bits take
Notebook flash drives are expensive and offer GB of mediocre performance and battery life minimal improvement in the disks. So sellers should go where discs can not be because of the size, power and price.
I hope this means that the announcement of low-end flash drive vendors will stop making promises they do not support the products. Instead, they should focus on applications, since Intel is when drives can not compete directly.
This article was previously write by Robin Harris, click here for detail
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