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12/27/2007, 4:45pm, EST

Thursday, December 27th

A-Data joins 64GB SSD fray

The Taiwan-based A-Data is the latest company to release a 64GB solid-state flash drive (SSD). In particular the company has actually released four drives with the capacity, in 1.8- or 2.5-inch sizes, and with a choice of SATA or PATA (parallel ATA) interfaces. Each is said to have special anti-shock protection, and use multi-level cell technology technology to fit its storage. Like all SSD drives, the A-Data models consume less power and have faster access times.

The 64GB threshold is significant, as for many users it is the point at which it becomes a practical notebook drive. It has been rumored that Apple will be using Samsung's 64GB drive in an upcoming notebook or UMPC, primarily because Samsung already supplies components such as processors and NAND flash for products like the iPhone. A 1.8-inch SSD drive could in theory be used in an iPod, but Apple has so far preferred to use unsheltered NAND or or regular hard drives.


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Other story tags: Flash, SSD, A-Data

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JohnnyFive
anti-shock protection?
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12/27, 8:56pm, EST
for a solid state drive? i'm scratching my head.
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aburgh7
re: anti-shock protection
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12/28, 10:35am, EST
This piqued my curiosity, so I looked up the A-Data press release, which states "Compared with the traditional hard drive, A-DATA’s SSD boasts excellent anti-shock function, longer data retention, faster access time, and lower power consumption."

In other words, use an SSD instead of a traditional hard drive and your system will be more shock-resistent. Unless MacNN has another reference which claims "special anti-shock protection", then this is a case of poor communication.

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