SanDisk X400, the slimmest M.2 SSDs with capacities up to 1 TB
Announced at CES 2016, the new series of SSD SanDisk X400, which will be available to OEMs in sizes M.2 and standard 2.5-inch 7 mm. SanDisk emphasizes version M.2 is the world’s thinnest so far presented, only 1.5mm, thanks to the adoption of chip on one side of the PCB.
SanDisk has announced the availability of a new series of a solid-state drive, indicated by the reference X400, which replaces the X300 already present in the lists. As a premise worth considering that these units are designed to OEM circuit; It will not be purchased by the end user, but it is interesting to talk about it because you will find within the PC next-generation.
The company proudly declares that the version M.2 of 1 TB is now the world’s thinnest, with a thickness of only 1.5 mm, since it uses memory chips only on one side of the PCB. Other cuts available are 128 GB, 256 GB and 512 GB.
No mention is made of the controller used, while as regards the memories is confirmed by the adoption of 3D flash memory TLC. The benefits, however, are not those of other products M.2; likely that SanDisk has opted for the SATA 6 Gbps, attack in part because it comes to 545MB/s read and 520MB/s write.
This product family also fall versions from the traditional 2.5-inch form factor and 7 mm thick, available in the same cuts and with the same benefits listed for the format M.2. To note the scriptures declared maximum, up to 320 TB, as well as the possibility of using 256-bit AES encryption. It is designed for OEMs there is no mention of prices. Units of this type, talking about the version M.2, guarantee OEMs the possibility of realizing devices increasingly thinner.
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