Super Talent Releases SSD Upgrade for Asus S101 Eee PC

[krystaljasmine]

Add Up to 64GB of Solid State Storage in Minutes



San Jose, California – January 28, 2009 – Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today launched an SSD, offered in capacities up to 64GB, that was specially designed as an upgrade for the Asus S101 Eee PC.



The Windows® model of the S101 includes only 16GB of local storage, so Super Talent’s upgrade SSD offers the S101 user the opportunity to double or quadruple the storage capacity in his netbook.


This new SSD has been rigorously tested in Super Talent’s compatibility labs for both performance and functionality to ensure it meets Super Talent’s high quality standards. With a SATA interface, it delivers impressive 90 MB/sec max sequential read speeds and up to 55 MB/sec write speeds.


Joe James, Super Talent’s director of marketing noted, “You can never have enough storage space. This is sure to be a popular upgrade for the S101.”

All three models are shipping now. The 64GB model will retail for approximately $169.



About Super Talent Technology

Super Talent Technology Corporation based in San Jose, California, designs and manufactures a full range of DDR, DDR2, and DDR3 memory modules and Flash based storage devices for computers and consumer electronics. An ISO 9001 certified company, Super Talent utilizes its state-of-the-art factory and leading-edge components to produce award winning products with outstanding reliability. Super Talent is an active member of the JEDEC and ONFI standards bodies, and holds over 200 patents in Flash and DRAM technology.



Asus and Eee PC are trademarks of ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. Pricing is approximate as of announcement date and may change without notice. Usable capacity is less than specified after formatting.

[DragoonXX]

Jmicron controller by the looks of the product images

[Cooper]

Can someone explain to me why that thing is system specific and can it work in any other laptop ?

[Vapor]

Can someone explain to me why that thing is system specific and can it work in any other laptop ?

If you can find a place to plug this into in other laptops, then it'll probably work



Looks like the form factor is pretty proprietary though

[Cooper]

It's mini PCIe lol like all those WWAN, WLAN etc cards

[DFI pit bull]

The 64GB model will retail for approximately $169.

Thats fairly cheap.

[Astri]

Is that a jmicron controler?

[karateo]

If you can find a place to plug this into in other laptops, then it'll probably work



Looks like the form factor is pretty proprietary though

It's mini PCIe lol like all those WWAN, WLAN etc cards

so you can plug those mini PCIe SSDs to any new laptop?
I am wondering what will happen if I plug my 12Gb ssd from EEE PC to my girlfriend's HP laptop

[HuffPCair]

so you can plug those mini PCIe SSDs to any new laptop?
I am wondering what will happen if I plug my 12Gb ssd from EEE PC to my girlfriend's HP laptop

Yes this will work with any system that has a mini PCIe slot.


Here is another article on it that also says that.
http://i.gizmodo.com/5141058/super-t...o-64gb-for-169

[DFI pit bull]

Yes this will work with any system that has a mini PCIe slot.

How about a pc mobo with a pci-e x4 slot? a x1 slot is too small right?

[Cooper]

Yes this will work with any system that has a mini PCIe slot.


Here is another article on it that also says that.
http://i.gizmodo.com/5141058/super-t...o-64gb-for-169

Haven't seen any decent prove tbh.

[3NZ0]

How about a pc mobo with a pci-e x4 slot? a x1 slot is too small right?

PC Motherboards don't have mini pci-e slots.

[Bobsama]

Maybe you can buy a PCI-E x1 to mini-PCIe adapter? How is the different than all the EeePC SSDs? Longer than those?

[DFI pit bull]

PC Motherboards don't have mini pci-e slots.

Maybe you can buy a PCI-E x1 to mini-PCIe adapter? How is the different than all the EeePC SSDs? Longer than those?

I'm totally oblivious to the mini pci-e thing. I was looking at the contacts on the s101 photo posted and it seems to look very similar to a pci-e x4.
Looks like i'll just have to do some research on the whole topic.