I picked this up from Engadget today and thought it was worthy enough to break my PowerShell blogging obsession long enough to blog about my real technology passion: hardware.

http://sandisk.com/about-sandisk/press-room/press-releases/2010/2010-08-18-sandisk-introduces-world’s-smallest-64gb-solid-state-drive—first-in-new-embedded-ssd-category

The iSSD is a new boot drive from SanDisk.  The iSSD is a postage stamp sized—for those old enough to remember postage stamps—solid state drive (SSD) that is soldered to the motherboard instead of inserted into a MiniPCI slot or SATA drive bay.  This is not a new idea, simply a better implementation of an old concept.

Sizes range from 4GB to 64GB and boast speeds up to 160 MB/sec seq. read and 100 MB/sec seq. write.  Not the fastest thing in the world, but plenty fast for a boot drive.

These little guys should do wonders for the tablet and ultra-slim notebook markets.  Devices like the iPad help get their small size from soldering the NAND flash directly to the motherboard.  The iSSD takes it a step further by providing a simple, all-in-one package that should make adding tiny boot storage to the motherboard cheap and easy for everyone.  Yay competition!

#James Kehr
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