SSD Drive Toolkit

Transcend announces a stylish  1.8-inch solid-state drive – SSD18M. By combining the speed and reliability of flash memory technology with a universality of eSATA and USB Transcend SSD18M is an innovative type of drives.

Transcend SSD18M

Unlike traditional hard disk drives, compact SSD18M built on reliable Flash memory, which means no moving mechanical parts and eliminates the risk of failures during shaking and vibration. SSD18M weights much less and requires less energy than traditional 1,8-inch HDDs. The new high-speed eSATA interface provides 90MB/s read 50MB/s write speed. Widely distributed USB 2.0 port ensures maximum compatibility with all types of laptops and desktops.
With dimensions of only 80x50x12.5mm and 50g weight, SSD18M is an ultra portable device that will easily fit even in the wallet. Transcend 1,8″ SSD18M is available in versions with 32, 64 and 128GB on board. The new SSD has a two-year warranty and full support of the global service network.

About Transcend:
Transcend Information. Inc., was founded in 1988 by Mr. Peter Shu and has its headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan. Its extensive product portfolio has grown to include over 2,000 memory modules of every type, flash memory cards, USB flash drives, MP3 players, digital photo frames, portable hard drives, multimedia products and accessories. Transcend products are available for proprietary equipment, as well as for mass marketed PCs.

Transcend prepared a new line of portable SSDs. Stylish 1.8″ solid-state drives weigh only 50 grams. The black glossy box measuring 80 x 50 x 12.5 mm fits either 32 (84 euros) or 64 (135 euros) or 128 (205 euros) GB data depending on model.

Transcend SSD

Drives are equipped with eSATA and USB2.0 port. All 1.8-inch SSD doesn’t show high speed of reading and writing (in comparison with their 2.5″ brothers) – this is price for the small size . In this case,”price” resulted in 90 MB/s reading and 50 Mb/s writing speed.

Taiwanese manufacturer of flas-memory devices, Power Quotient International (PQI) is going to introduce its new SSD drives on CES 2009. It would be not only internal drives but also external storages and even ExpressCard-based devices for mobile computers.

PQI SSD Drive S525

The traditional SSD Drives will become two new models S518 and S525, made in 2.5-inch format with maximum capacity at 128GB. These models will have SATAII interface for connection to the system.

PQI SSD S520

S520 SSD designed for mobile systems has slighty unusual view because of USB connection port. Thus S520 can be connected not only to your laptop but also desktop PC as well as systems without ExpressCard slot. Capacity of novelties – 32 GB.

PQI SSD S530

Last but not least interesting model is the Combo Card S530. This device supports eSATA port as well as USB connection. Thus it would hard work to connect it to a personal computer. Maximum reading speed is 90 Mb/s. Of course if you use USB speed is reduced to the capacity of the interface. You can write to hte Combo Card S530 upto 64 GB of data.