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Toshiba rolls out slimmer form factor for SSDs

08.11.2010
Toshiba America Electronic Components on Monday announced with a new form factor that's 42% smaller than today's mini-SATA or mSATA SSD modules.

Toshiba's new Blade X-gale SSD series is 2.2 mm thick, but comes in models with 64GB, 128GB and 256GB of capacity. The mSATA version offers 30GB and 62GB capacities in a 4.75mm thick form factor. The new SSD is almost one-third of the thickness of a 2.5-in. hard disk drive.

Toshiba's new X-gale SSD modules with up to 256GB capacity

Toshiba also upped the performance of its SSD module from a maximum read/write speed of 180MB/sec. and 70MB/sec. in the mSATA drive to 220MB/sec. and 180MB/sec. in the Blade X-gale. The new SSDs use the SATA 3Gbit/sec. interface.

Toshiba's latest SSD offering is aimed at mobile devices such as tablet PCs, laptops, mini-mobile and PCs.

"Delivering a product that enables superior user experience in a smaller footprint is the ultimate goal," said Scott Nelson, vice president of Toshiba's Memory Business Unit, in a statement.