This Internal SSD Connects Via 10-Pin USB Port
It's a SSD that connects to the 10-pin USB port located on the motherboard.
TechPowerUp points the way to a rather cool SLC NAND-based solid state drive that connects to an empty, 10-pin internal USB port located on the motherboard.
Measuring 8.2 (L) x 15.3 (W) x 6.2 (H) mm, the SIP eUSB SSD mounts on one USB internal header cluster and provides a fixed storage solution ranging from 512 MB to 4 GB. Thanks to USB 2.0, the drive provides transfer speeds of up to 30 Mb/s, and can be used as a bootable drive in servers or embedded and IPC systems. It also has an endurance of >2,000,000 cycles, and should retain user data for around 10 years.
"It utilizes advanced Static and Dynamic Wear leveling to increase endurance and built in error correction for data integrity," said ATP Electronics. "Using an industry leading SIP (System In Package) technology manufacturing process which encapsulates all exposed components and points of failure, the ATP SIP eUSB SSD is fully water/moisture proof, dust proof, shock proof, vibration proof and ESD (Electro-Static Discharge) proof."
Currently pricing and availability isn't known, however ATP Electronics lists Wal-Mart, Target, and even Belk as suppliers.
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Before anyone comments on the speed of this: It's obviously not intended for speed. Try fitting a HDD in that space; you can't.
Could be handy providing is priced at a cost not much more than USB disks.
It'd be perfect for Readyboost
So its a thumbdrive with a different connector then.. and a whole 4G - wow! Come on guys, make it at least 16G.
A cheap 16G thumb drive costs under £25 these days, so this shouldn't be an expensive item.
since it's taking a USB header, I was kinda hoping for some fancy driver to bind the 2 available USB ports for an increased data rate.
Bandwith across USB is shared, just because it takes up two UBS headers doesn't mean they can do anything to increase the speed by 'binding' the two ports together.
Bandwith across USB is shared, just because it takes up two UBS headers doesn't mean they can do anything to increase the speed by 'binding' the two ports together.
My mistake.
hooray, I'll get a choice of working USB ports on front panel of my case or this.
Tidy solution for a NAS box