SanDisk Launching Two 2.5-Inch 6Gb SATA SSDs Based on 19nm Technology

SanDisk Corporation announced new products and a new distribution channel aimed at delivering the benefits of SSD technology to a greater number of customers.

"With today’s announcements, it’s clear SanDisk is going all out in its commitment to delivering industry-leading SSD technology to our customers," said Kevin Conley, SVP and GM, client storage solutions. "SanDisk now offers the broadest SSD lineup in the industry, with a full portfolio of products for consumers, OEMs and enterprises. We’re also broadening our reach with a new distribution channel and continuing to see strong customer acceptance with our latest design win in the ASUS Transformer Book."

SanDisk announced two new SSD products – the Ultra Plus SSD for the retail channel and the X110 SSD for OEM customers.

The Ultra Plus SSD is for consumers who want to boost their notebook or desktop computer’s boot, shutdown, data-transfer and application launch times. The low latency of the SATA 3.0 drive allows it to respond quickly, even with a heavy workload, and its consistently read speed is for read-intensive applications such as multimedia consumption.

The drive delivers up to 530MB/s sequential read and up to 445MB/s sequential write speeds, offering a fast, responsive computing experience. In addition, with no moving parts, the SSD is more durable than traditional HDDs and it consumes less power to help maximize battery life. The drive is available now at Amazon.com and Microcenter.com in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities carrying suggested retail prices of $74.99, $109.99 and $219.99, respectively. It is also available at Newegg.com in 128GB and 256GB capacities.

The X110 SSD enables notebook and tablet OEM manufacturers to design fast, responsive systems with sleek, thin form factors. The X110, successor to SanDisk’s popular X100 SSD, delivers fast sequential and random read/write speeds and employs a low power architecture that reduces the power consumed by the device in low power modes. The drive is available now in a 2.5" SATA form factor for integration into systems sold by OEMs.

The flash maker is building both new SSDs using its 19nm technology, the smallest advanced manufacturing process node.

New Distribution Channel to Offer SSDs
to Broader Set of Customers
The firm also unveiled a worldwide distribution channel, SanDisk for Business, which offers OEM and enterprise-grade SSDs to VARs, system integrators and direct market resellers. The distribution channel addresses a wider portion of the market by delivering high-quality SSD technology to SMBs, a growing market segment for SSDs.

SanDisk offers SSDs
for retail, OEM and enterprise customers:

• Retail products include the ReadyCache SSD caching solution offering consumers an easy, affordable way to breathe new life into their computer; the Ultra Plus SSD; and, the Extreme SSD featuring maximum performance for gamers and other heavy computer users.
• OEM products include the U100 SSD for cost-effective performance and customizable form factors; the X110 SSD featuring the utmost in performance and storage capacity for desktop and notebook PC manufacturers; and, the iSSD integrated storage device for an embedded SSD SATA form factor. All models are available as standalone SSDs or dual drive caching solutions.

The company’s FlashSoft software family accelerates active data caching, while the performance of database applications is improved with SanDisk’s Membrain software.