Toshiba builds first SSDs in new mSata standard

Monday, September 21st, 2009...11:55 pm

Toshiba drives featuring the new mSata connector

Up until now, the solid state drives (SSDs) for netbooks have come in all different sizes, shapes and with a mish mash of different connectors. The SATA-IO workgroup however, has just made an announcement that should make your SSD easier though – they’ve launched a new mini-SATA standard called mSATA which should standardize the connector used in future netbook solid state hard drives.

Toshiba’s is the first major manufacturer to produce SSDs using the new mSATA connector, using a 32nm process to create drives in 30 and 62GB sizes. Toshiba is the first but expect to see mSATA drives and machines from all the major manufacturers like Samsung, Dell, HP, SanDisk, Lenovo, STEC, and Toshiba.