Why not use existing commodity flash? Because existing commodity flash is far far slower. 

2GB because it's developed for an ultra mobile low power state platform. By the middle of the year this will scale to 16GB. 

PATA, because PATA is enough and the interface tec is cheap. Very few SATA devices support burst speeds beyond what PATA interfaces could handle anyway. 

The Z-P140 supports sustained burst rates comparable to PATA and SATA magnetic storage media found in mainstream mobile PC's. yet operating on a fraction of the power and having *no* mechanical latency.

It's a significant development, and much faster than existing consumer flash subsystems. 

Bah kneejerk-reaction humbug! :P

2GB? and a PATA interface? Where has Intel been keeping this team, under a rock? You'd think Intel with all that marketing talent would have figured out what is required to at least be competitive.

Bah, humbug!


Can anyone explain why you'd want a 2gig solid state hard drive? 

Why not just use flash memory in these devices?