SanDisk has launched several new products aimed specifically for netbook owners, as the Computex trade show in Taipei has a strong influence over the popular devices.
The company is now shipping the pSSD P2 and S2 solid-state drives (SSDs) designed for netbooks, with units shipping in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB storage capacities. Prices have not been released for the drives, though should be available some time after the expo ends later this week.
SanDisk's products will continue to compete with Samsung, Micron, Hynix, and other companies it is already familiar with in the flash memory sector.
SanDisk also launched the Netbook SHDC card -- with storage capacities of 8GB and 16GB -- because a wide variety of netbooks currently use SD slots, freeing up vital USB slots that won't have to be used for additional storage.
The drives use the SanDisk nCache technology relying on nonvolatile NAND flash memory cache instead of DRAM, which is aimed at reducing shuddering and stalling.
It's not surprising SanDisk is putting increased interest into the netbook market, as IDC believes netbook sales will increase from 11.5 million in 2008 up to 50 million units sold in 2013. Companies are attempting to cash in as consumers look to go even more mobile with smaller notebooks -- even though they're likely less powerful than regular notebooks, consumers enjoy the increased mobility and lighter carrying weight of netbooks.
