The netbook has become a big-seller as these minilaptops puts all focus on low prices and mobility. With the latter the battery time is very important and even if larger batteries is an easy way to accomplish longer battery times, the power consumption of the components is just as important. Solid State Drives are very power efficient and have can already be installed from factory with many of today’s netbooks. SSD maker SuperTalent has now launched a new series of SSD for ASUS’ Eee PC family. The new mini PCIe SSDs comes in sizes of 8GB up to 64GB and the prices are quite attractive.
The press release follows below;
Super Talent Launches SSDs for Asus Eee PCs™
Up to 64GB Mini PCI-Express Cards Give Eee PC Users New Upgrade Options
San Jose, California – October 7, 2008 – Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announced a new line of mini PCI-Express SSDs, available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities, that were designed explicitly for the Asus Eee PC.
Standard Eee PCs have maximum 20GB of storage. These cost-effective upgrade cards offer up to 64GB of solid state storage. Super Talent’s Mini PCIe cards have been tested extensively with Asus Eee PCs to ensure performance and compatibility.
P/N | Description | Max Read/Write Speed | Expected Street Price |
FPM16GHAE | 16GB mini PCIe SSD | 40/15 MB/sec | $53 |
FPM32GHAE | 32GB mini PCIe SSD | 40/15 MB/sec | $79 |
FPM64GHAE | 64GB mini PCIe SSD | 40/15 MB/sec | $149 |
Super Talent Director of Marketing, Joe James mentioned, “It’s a natural extension of our SSD product range to offer SSDs for popular netbook brands. Solid state storage is ideal for entry level mobile PCs”. These mini PCIe SSDs are sampling now, and will be in mass production in November.
About Super Talent Technology
Super Talent Technology Corporation based in San Jose, California, designs and manufactures a full range of DDR, DDR2, and DDR3 memory modules and Flash based storage devices for computers and consumer electronics. An ISO 9001 certified company, Super Talent utilizes its state-of-the-art factory and leading-edge components to produce award winning products with outstanding reliability. Super Talent is an active member of the JEDEC and ONFI standards bodies, and holds over 200 patents in Flash and DRAM technology.
Pricing is approximate as of announcement date and may change without notice. Asus and Eee PC are trademarks of ASUSTek Computer, Inc. Usable capacity is less than specified after formatting.
