Fingertip-only nanoSSD

Mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones generally use eMMC solid-state memory. These single-chip SSDs are very small, but they are not very fast. For example, Samsung introduced 64GB eMMC in November and its sequential read/write speeds were 260MB/s respectively. And 50MB/s. Fortunately, there is a faster choice, SATAμSSD specifications speed up to 6Gbps. Innodisk has just been released by its "world's first industrial-grade embedded" SSD, it is based on SATAμSSD, this product is called nanoSSD.

This product has a maximum capacity of 64GB and a BGA package size of 16x20x2mm. The single chip includes a drive controller and DRAM cache. According to the release of the press release, this nanoSSD is ideal for ultra-thin mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and ultrabooks. The continuous reading speed is 480MB/s and the writing speed is 175MB/s, so there is a great improvement in speed. However, the write rate here is still limited to the SLC version, and the SLC version has a maximum capacity of 16GB. MLC version write rate is only 90MB/s.

Strangely enough, the maximum MLC capacity listed on the product page is 32GB, but the official release notes that the maximum capacity is 64GB. The Innodisk press release shows a 32GB capacity image.