Toshiba introduces high-performance blade-type SSD modules with capacities up to 256GB

Available now, the new drives cover 64-gigabyte (GB), 128GB and 256GB capacities. Blade X-gale™ SSDs are ideally suited for integration into space-sensitive products, including mini-mobile and netbook PCs, and give product developers greater freedom and flexibility in product design.

As mobile devices get smaller and lighter, yet ever more feature packed, the SSDs inside them – the heart of storing all the music and other entertainment data – must be even smaller, and much thinner.

Toshiba’s new 64GB and 128GB SSDs are the thinnest yet added to the company’s comprehensive portfolio of SSD solutions. The blade-shaped drive is only 2.2mm thick, 42% thinner than that of a typical mSATA form factor.

Toshiba’s advanced wiring technology has assured optimized wiring layouts and data transfer rates in this new form factor. Thanks to Toshiba’s base design technology that minimizes board warpage during thinning, 256GB capacity can be realized when mounted on both sides - the largest density in the industry for small type modules.