New SSD Form Factor

[sxr7171]

When?

I know we have 2.5" and 1.8". But clearly it is possible to squeeze these SSDs into smaller form factors. There are 32GB MicroSD cards in the world.

I am expecting 1.2" and I'm wondering when we are going to see it. It can't happen soon enough.

I have opened up my X60s and my X200s laptops and clearly the HDD bay is one quarter of the machine. As we move to smaller lighter ultraportables I expect that we should see smaller drive form factors. Sony has gone ahead and built the Vaio-X with the SSD chips on the MB I believe and its the only way to get such a small and light machine. I wouldn't like the idea of non expandable or replaceable storage memory but unless the industry acts to create a new drive form factor I suspect it is the route that the smallest and lightest ultraportables will go.

I'm ready for it and I'm sure the entire world of ultraportable users is also.

I'm posting this here in hopes that some of the movers and shakers of the industry come here.

 

[Zargon]

as long as they make new brackets so we can mount em in cases smaller is fine with me!

 

[RU482]

the embedded world has a 1 inch standard
sample - http://hsc-us.com/Embedded/1_inch/index.htm

I'm just glad to see more vendors enter the 1.8" market. Supertalent has a new Indilinx Barefoot based drive (KX2), Micron will be offering it's C300 line in 1.8, then there's intel, and runcore.

The difficulty with going any smaller than 1.8 (and having decent capacity, anyway) is that the controllers that are out there are all about a 1/2inch square...plus a DRAM buffer, doens't leave much room for flash

 

[Elixer]

as long as they make new brackets so we can mount em in cases smaller is fine with me!

What is wrong with velcro?

 

[Zargon]

What is wrong with velcro?

its one level above duct tape and zip ties

 

[CurseTheSky]

Agreed - the smaller the better, as long as we can still securely mount it in 3.5", 2.5", and 1.8" bays. If we could get them down to the size of SD cards while still keeping the performance numbers and capacity up, and price where it is or lower, I'd be happy.