Asus Transformer Book Integrating SanDisk SSD

SanDisk Corporation announced that the ASUS Transformer Book, a notebook with a detachable tablet, uses the SanDisk U100 SSD in the mSATA mini form factor for its fast storage.

The ASUS Transformer Book offers the features of an ultra-thin notebook and the convenience of one of the thinnest, most powerful tablets running the Windows 8 OS.

The 128GB capacity U100 SSD included in the ASUS Transformer Book enhances the computing experience with quick boot-up, rapid application launching and improved data transfer. In its mSATA mini form factor, the U100 SSD enables the Transformer Book’s amazingly thin, detachable form factor.

Featuring sensitive touch-capability, the display of Transformer Book can be detached from the machine’s base, allowing users to move from a notebook experience to a tablet experience. This design is aided by the compact size of the U100 SSD. The small SSD is installed in the narrow space behind the display of the Transformer Book – enabling it to provide performance storage to the Transformer Book whether it is being used as a tablet or a notebook. The U100 also works with the Transformer Book’s HDD, which rests below the keyboard and offers additional storage when the machine is used as a notebook.

"Working with SanDisk helped realize our vision for the world’s first detachable notebook – the ground-breaking ASUS Transformer Book," said S.Y. Shian, corporate VP, ASUS. "With its slim size and robust storage, the SanDisk SSD enables ASUS to bring the best-in-class performance and user experience to the ASUS Transformer Book that our customers expect from an ultra-thin solution without compromising the compact parameters of the device."

"The ASUS Transformer Book sets a new benchmark for convertible notebook design and performance, and SanDisk is pleased to have the opportunity work again with ASUS to provide superior, small form factor storage to yet another exciting contribution to the ASUS notebook family," said Kevin Conley, SVP and GM, Client Storage Solutions, SanDisk. "SanDisk’s on-going partnership with ASUS is further testament to the quality, performance and innovative form factors of the SanDisk’s SSD products, which are rapidly emerging as the preferred storage solutions for today’s leading-edge ultra-thin notebooks and tablets."

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