STEC Releases PCIe SSD

May 16, 2008: With new ultra-portables such as the EEEpc and HP’s OneNote making a splash, the market for low cost solid state disks (SSDs) is picking up increasing amounts of speed. SSD specialist STEC has jumped in to capitalise on this with its new PCIe Ultra-Mobile SSD.

The company says the UM-SSD offers both performance and reliability for ultra-thin notebooks, thanks to its MLC-NAND flash memory and 4-channel controller.

While prices are dropping, SSDs remain hideously expensive compared to traditional magnetic storage, and according to STEC, alternative SSD storage technologies available to date have been based on less reliable SLC-NAND and have lacked the right controller technology.

“STEC's core technology around high reliability and high performance solid state drives enables us to meet the storage requirements of new product categories that range from the Enterprise storage to notebook computing products,” said Patrick Wilkison, vice president of marketing and business development at STEC.

“By leveraging our innovative, proprietary controller technology we can deliver unrivaled performance and reliability at extremely low prices.”

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