14 DAY TRIAL // Super Talent, one of the world's leading manufacturers of Flash-based storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, announced today a new Solid State Drive, coming to provide support for ASUS' stylish and slim Eee PC S101 netbook PC. The new SSD has been specifically built as an alternative storage upgrade for the high-end version of ASUS’ Eee PC lineup, the Atom-powered S101.
With the announcement, Super Talent provided three new models of its new SSD product, with capacities of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, all of which have been designed to provide the same performance specifications. According to Super Talent, these SSDs have a maximum read and write speed of 90MB/s and 55MB/s, respectively. Due to the maximum storage capacity that these SSDs can provide, users of the ASUS S101 netbook will be provided with a reliable storage upgrade.
“You can never have enough storage space. This is sure to be a popular upgrade for the S101,” said Joe James, Super Talent’s director of marketing.
ASUS' Eee PC S101 netbook can provide users with 16GB of storage space, for the Windows XP model, which is why Super Talent's offer couldn't be more welcomed. For a price tag of approximately $169, users can take advantage of 65GB of storage space, a feature that will likely boost the system's performance and total storage. ASUS provides a 64GB SSD option for the Linux-enabled versions of the aforementioned netbook.
The increasing popularity of these small-size, low-power computer systems, better known as netbooks, is expected to also boost the adoption rate of the Flash-based SSDs. This storage solution is expected to become a standard that will follow current traditional drives, as they can provide an enhanced performance level as well as a quieter working environment, when compared to hard drives that use moving parts.