Intel: a Flash Disk Smaller Than a Penny

The Intel Z-P140 PATA Solid State Drive is an ultra-small, complete storage solution for mobile, digital entertainment, and embedded applications, offering low-power, high performance, and durability. Using the industry standard PATA interface, it offers the capacity and features to accelerate computing trends towards greater mobility.
Specifically designed for small form factor requirements, the device is small and lighter than a coin, the ideal solution to meet the next generation of ultramobile computing.

Using the standard PATA interface, chipscale package-on-package technology, and a form factor
significantly smaller than hard disk drives, the Z-P140 PATA SSD enables smaller and easier storage design, with capacities of
2, 4, 8, and 16GB

Intel Z-P140 PATA Solid State Drive Specifications
Capacity: 2GB – 4GB, expandable up to 16GB
Size: 12 x 18 x 1.8mm (400x smaller than a 1.8-inch hard-drive)
Weight: 0.6 grams
Interface: Parallel-ATA (IDE)
Form Factor: Ultra-Small Package-on-Package BGA Solution
NAND Devices: Intel NAND Flash Memory SD54B and SD58B
Read Throughput: 40 Megabytes / sec
Write Throughput: 30 Megabytes / sec
Power Consumption Idle: 1.1mW Operating, 300mW Typical
Mean-Time Between Failures: 2,500,000 hours
Voltage: 3.3v I/O and Control Voltages
Operating Temperature: 0°C to +70°C
Humidity Non-Operating: 5% to 95% RH non-condensing (at temperatures 25°C-80°C)
RoHS Compliance: Meets the requirements of the EU RoHS Compliance Directives

Comments

Intel is finally becoming serious in flash drive to compete with SanDisk, Samsung and the others with this Z-P140 PATA Solid State Drive for the ultramobile PC market and the Intel's Menlow platform. It is the smallest one never seen, only 12 x 18 x 1.8mm and 0.6 grams, even if it has only parallel interface, small capacity (4GB) and relatively low read and write specs.

This year, the chip maker launched its first SSD drive, the Z-U130, not really impressive (1 to 8GB, 28MB/s in write, 20 MB/s in read).