SanDisk intros 32GB SSD for notebooks

SanDisk Corporation introduced a 32GB, 1.8-inch solid-state drive (SSD) as a
replacement for the standard mechanical hard disk drive. Initially aimed at
enterprise users as the first step toward mass consumer adoption, SanDisk SSD
offers field-proven durability to keep mobile PCs working in the toughest of
conditions and improves the overall user experience.

Earlier military, aerospace and telecom industries had only been only using
the large capacity flash-based drives as these segments demand high performance
and reliability under challenging environmental conditions. But the constant
decline in the cost of NAND flash memory has been making SSD a viable and
economical alternative in a wide variety of applications, including mobile PCs
aimed at enterprise and consumer users.

SanDisk SSD UATA 5000 1.8”, with 32-gigabyte (GB)* flash memory, is targeted at enterprise users as the first step in mass consumer adoption of the solid state drive in the mobile PC market

“This is an important milestone for SanDisk in our relentless quest to
create new large-scale markets for flash storage solutions specially for
consumers in the personal computing space,” said Eli Harari, CEO, SanDisk. “The
32GB SSD that we are announcing today represents the fifth generation of
flash-based SSDs developed by Msystems, which we have recently acquired. The
32GB SSD has been made commercially viable through SanDisk's technology
coupled with Msystems' experience and IP,” he added.

“Once we begin shipping the 32GB SSD for notebook PCs, we expect to see its
increasing adoption in the coming years as we have plans to continue the
reduction in cost of flash memory. When these SSD devices will become more
affordable, we expect that their superior features will create a new consumer
category for our retail sales channels worldwide,” said Harari.

SanDisk SSD 1.8-inch 32GB SSD is now available for original equipment
manufacturers. It is the first in a range of solutions that SanDisk will be
offering to bring flash to the mainstream mobile PC market.

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