A 64-GB Hard Drive the Size of a Stamp
In the not too distant technological past, a computer’s storage drives filled a space not much smaller than my living room. The new 64-gigabyte solid-state drive from SanDisk is the size of a postage stamp.
Miniaturization, except when it comes to S.U.V.’s and flat-panel televisions, is a key and crucial formula these days in gadgets, and the SanDisk “iSSD”—for integrated solid state drive—will end up in tablet PCs, netbooks, smartphones and other mobile products.
One of the major advantages here is that the iSSD has no mechanical or moving parts, as do most internal hard drives, and the new drive could likely be attached directly to the computer’s motherboard, freeing up valuable interior space inside the machine. The result: smaller gadgets with more power and greater power efficiency.
