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SSDs tip up in laptop-handy Expresscard format

CeBIT 2008 Another really good idea
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 06:11

THERE WERE TWO things that caught my eye from Team, an SSD and a memory stick. One is high performance the other far less so.

The one that makes me drool is the Expresscard/34 SSD, quite simply an SSD that fits into your laptop card slot.

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Team Express Card SSD

This one has 25/18MBps R/W performance, and comes in 32 and 64G variants with a 128 on to follow soon. Prices will of course vary with flash pricing.

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Team DDR3 2133 DIMM

On the other side of the spectrum, Team has announced DDR3 at 2133MHz. Of course at this speed, timing is 10-10-10-30. Once again, not much to say, it is DDR3, fast as heck, and it has the requisite spiffy heatsink. ยต

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beware of EC USB crap

many expresscards simply use usb (expresscard is always pcie x1 + usb), so most expresscard "ssds" i've seen are just repackaged usb sticks

posted by : my name, 06 March 2008 Complain about this comment
Old news

I first saw ExpessCard SSDs on the shelves back in January, and since that was an airport Dixons (CurrysDigitalwhatever) I can safely bet they've been around a few months before then ;)

Lexar seems to have a nice range, and Sandisk do too; if you can find them anywhere on their website...

posted by : A, 07 March 2008 Complain about this comment
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