Applications where small form factors are demanded usually feel the pinch for an intelligently devised storage solution that climbs up in terms of reliability, performance and durability. After announcing the availability of its Tron limited edition products, Transcend now reveals the new low-profile mSATA and half-slim solid state drives.
The promising addition has been carved out for applications that call for a small form factor, such as thin and light notebooks, netbooks, tablets, GPS, and mobile Internet devices. As compact as a business card, the top-notch SSD modules ensure enhanced design flexibility when compared with other solutions employing the larger 2.5-inch form factor.
The mSATA and half-slim solid state drives incorporate a high-bandwidth SATA 3Gb/s interface. The assimilation of this interface kind enables ameliorated functionality advantages of SSDs to notebooks, mobile devices and other embedded storage applications. The mSATA solid state drives augment the speed and reliability of the SATA interface, yet render a diminutive enclosure.
On the other hand, the small footprint half-slim SSD modules make the scene in bigger form factors. These ones also take advantage of the same SATA connector used on 2.5-inch hard disk drives and solid state drives. Compliant with the MO-297 JEDEC standard, the latter version emerges to be an ideal solution for applications like industrial control systems and notebooks which are outlined to benefit from the 2.5†storage form factor.
Transcend’s new mSATA SSDs are offered in 32GB and 64GB capacities, while the half-slim SATA SSDs can be picked up in capacities ranging from 4GB to 64GB. As of now, there’s no official word on their pricing details.
