SanDisk announced its newest high-performance Extreme series solid state drive for the consumer market. According to the flash memory maker, the new SSD is up to 10 times faster than a 7200RPM hard drive, allows computer users to quickly boot and shut down their systems, launch applications faster and reduce wait times. The SanDisk Extreme, using the SATA III interface, offers up to 500MB/s sequential read and 520MB/s sequential write speeds and up to 83,000 maximum random write Input-Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) and up to 44,000 random read IOPS. The drive is also

We has probably missed out SanDisk’s X100 series solid state drive when we report the launch of the company’s Extreme series. Intended for client computing markets, the X100 is available in a variety of form factors, including 2.5-inch with 7mm or 9.5mm height, mSATA and customized thin form factor for ultra slim notebooks. The X100 is based on MLC NAND Flash and uses SATA III 6Gbps interface for enhanced performance. It offers up to 500MB/s read and 420MB/s write performance, allowing a user to copy a 4GB HD movie in less than 10 seconds. The X100 is available in 32GB,

SanDisk announced two new solid state drives, the U100 and the i100, for mobile computing applications such as ultraportable notebooks and tablets. The U100 is the successor to the SanDisk P4 modular SSD, which delivers a flexible, cost-effective solution for ultra-thin notebooks; while the i100 is the world’s smallest, fastest 128GB (SATA III) BGA (ball grid array) SSD and an ideal storage solution for slim, powerful tablets and ultra-thin notebooks. Both U100 and i100 use SATA III 6Gbps interface. SanDisk U100 is available in a variety of form factors, including Half-Slim