PNY Technologies, Inc. introduced its new solid state drive (SSD) lineup, on pace to replace traditional hard disk drives (HDD) currently used in all notebook and desktop PCs.
Configured with NAND flash chips, PNY’s SSDs are a drop-in replacement that is claimed to improve system performance and uses less energy in all notebooks and mobile electronics devices that allow for a traditional 2.5 inch or 1.8 inch hard disk drive.
PNY’s SSD offering includes commercial and industrial options as well as capacities up to 128GB for its 2.5 inch version and 64GB for its 1.8 inch drive.
Joseph Unsworth, principal research analyst with Gartner, said solid state drive technology expertise will become increasingly important in the coming years as prices become more affordable and understanding of nonvolatile memory becomes more widespread in computing environments. Enhanced performance and greater durability will be among the most important attributes attractive to a variety of enterprise and consumer vertical markets.
PNY’s 1.8 inch and 2.5 inch SSDs, with capacities up to 64GB and 128GB, respectively, will be available in the third quarter 2007.