Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/04/03/transcend_touts_expresscard_disk/
Want to do something useful with that unused ExpressCard 34 slot sitting there in your laptop? How about turning it into a Flash-based solid-state disk?
Enter Transcend's 16GB ExpressCard SSD, also available in 2, 4 and 8GB capacities. Slot it in, mount the drive and you're away. Unlike a USB 2.0 add-on, this is a drive you can keep tucked inside your notebook, immediately available next time you need it.
Handy for Windows Vista users, that. They can set the SSD as a ReadyBoost drive on which frequently needed data and application code can be cached for quick access and to keep the hard drive powered down. The Transcend unit uses error-correction codes (ECC) to ensure data integrity, the company claimed.
It doesn't come cheap, mind. Announced in Japan today, the ExpressCard are set to retail for ¥24,000-160,000 ($204-1,359/£103-687/€152-1,016), depending on capacity.
Asus announces 'super 3G' add-in card (17 July 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/07/17/asus_intros_hsdpa_card/
SanDisk doubles Flash hard drive capacity (6 June 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/06/sandisk_64gb_ssds/
Sonnet add-in to tune UK MacBook Pros into to eSATA (1 May 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/01/sonnet_ships_tempo_in_uk/
Corsair deploys Bond-friendly Flash drive (1 May 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/01/corsair_armoured_flash_drive/
Dell to fit laptops with Flash drives (25 April 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/04/25/dell_to_offer_sandisk_ssd/
Peak perfects retractable USB Flash drive (12 April 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/04/12/peak_slips_out_slider/
Samsung doubles solid-state drive capacity (27 March 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/03/27/sams_doubles_ssd_capacity/
SanDisk intros internal Flash drive for laptops (14 March 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/03/14/sansdisk_flash_drive_for_laptops/
Intel 'Robson' Flash cache reborn as USB unit (12 March 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/03/12/intel_releases_robson/
Sony Ericsson to add 'super 3G' to laptop datacard line (6 February 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/02/06/se_pc300_launched/
Newton preps ExpressCard-sized mouse (9 January 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/09/mogo_mouse_bt_adaptor/