SanDisk Offers New SSD Solutions for Netbook Manufacturers

From DailyTech: SanDisk is one of the big players in the NAND flash market, and it cannot pass up an opportunity to cater to the exploding netbook market and need to replace hard disk drives (HDDs) with solid state drive (SSDs).

SSDs today are dominated by two different types of NAND flash. The more expensive drives use faster, longer-lasting single level cell (SLC) memory while multi-level cell (MLC) flash can be found in more mainstream SSD offerings from the likes of OCZ and Super Talent. MLC-based SSDs don't often offer the write speeds or cell endurance of SLC-bases SSDs, but their price/GB is much more competitive.

Given that SanDisk is trying to target the budget netbook market with its latest product, the Gen 2 pSSD, it has opted for the more cost effective MLC solution. The new Gen 2 pSSD drives are built using 43nm technology and are available in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB capacities.

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