Small PATA flashdrives by Super Talent

Super Talent has introduced a new series of flashdisk modules that are directly connected to the PATA ports of the motherboard. These modules are available in both 40-pin and 44-pin editions, making them suitable for regular desktop systems and notebooks as well. Because the flashdisks are meant for compact systems, Super Talent has designed both an horizontal and a vertical version, to ensure that the chips will always fit inside of the chassis.

In the area of performance, the new FDM's are no match for the speedy 2.5" solid state drives, but because of their impressive search speeds, as well as the energy efficiency and the fact that the modules have no sound production, the chips are ideal for use in small thin client chassis or as bootdrive in a regular desktop or server. Super Talent will release the FDM's in MLC and SLC editions. The SLC-chip version will be available in capacities of 4, 8 and 16 GB and reach speeds of respectively 80 and 60 MB/s for reading and writing. The MLC-edition will be launched in 8, 16 and 32 GB versions and also features the 80 MB/s reading speed. With a writing speed of 40 MB/s, these chips stay behind a bit, as is to be expected from MLC chips.

Super Talent's new series of solid state storage should become available shortly, prices have not yet been mentioned.

The horizontal version is to be placed in a 90 degree angle to the PATA connector

The vertical version slides right into the PATA connector

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