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SanDisk unveils Z400s low-cost SSDs to replace hard drives in notebooks

By Koh Wanzi - on 29 May 2015, 10:55am

SanDisk unveils Z400s low-cost SSDs to replace hard drives in notebooks

The SanDisk Z400s is available in 2.5-inch, mSATA and M.2 form factors. (Image Source: SanDisk)

SanDisk has announced the Z400s, a new cost-effective SSD intended to replace mechanical hard drives in mobile computing platforms and embedded systems. Although prices of SSDs have continued to come down in recent years, hard drives still manage to find their way into the low-end of mobile computing devices and other systems.

SanDisk aims to change this with the Z400s, which it says outperforms conventional hard drives in both performance and power consumption at the same price point. According to SanDisk, the Z400S delivers 20x better performance than HDDs, is 5x more reliable (partly because there are no moving parts), and consumes 20x less power on average. They are rated at sequential read and write speeds of 549MB/s and 330MB/s respectively.

The Z400s is primarily targeted at PC OEM manufacturers and embedded application designers. HDDs may be associated with low costs and affordability, but SanDisk is hoping that the Z400s will be able to change that. The Z400s could also see use in the embedded systems space, where application designers could save on both costs and space while enjoying the extra performance conferred by an SSD. 

Available in a variety of form factors and capacities, the Z400s will give OEMs and embedded systems designers the flexibility and reliability they need. OEMs will be able to build sleeker and lighter devices, all while keeping their devices affordable for customers. Furthermore, the new drives could see use in the embedded systems market in areas like digital signage, point-of-sale, and security surveillance, all applications that could benefit from the increased reliability and speed of SSDs.

The Z400s SSDs will ship in mSATA, 2.5-inch SATA and M.2 (2242 and 2280) form factors and in capacities of 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB. However, there's no word on pricing yet, so we're not sure just how affordable these drives will be. 

Source: SanDisk

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