• For Home
    • Mobile Storage
      • Ultra Dual Drive USB Type-C | SanDisk
      • iXpand Flash Drive for iPhone and iPad | SanDisk
        • iXpand Flash Drive | SanDisk
      • Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0 | SanDisk
      • Connect Wireless Stick | SanDisk
      • Ultra USB Type-C Flash Drive | SanDisk
      • Ultra Dual Drive m3.0 | SanDisk
      • iXpand Base for iPhone | SanDisk
    • Cards & Readers
      • SD Cards
        • ExtremePro microSD
        • Extreme PRO SDHC/SDXC UHS-I Memory Card | SanDisk
        • Extreme SDHC/SDXC UHS-I Memory Card | SanDisk
        • Ultra PLUS SDHC/SDXC Memory Card | SanDisk
        • Ultra SDHC/SDXC Memory Card 80MB/s read speed | SanDisk
        • SDHC/SDXC Memory Card | SanDisk
      • microSD Cards | SanDisk
        • SanDisk Extreme PRO microSD UHS-I CARDS
        • Extreme PLUS microSD UHS-I Card A1 | SanDisk
        • Extreme microSD Card | SanDisk
        • Extreme microSD for Action Cameras | SanDisk
        • Ultra PLUS microSDXC | SanDisk
        • Ultra microSD 95MB/s read speed | SanDisk
        • microSD Card | SanDisk
        • microSD High Endurance Video Monitoring Card | SanDisk
        • Ultra microSD UHS-I Card 48MB/s read speed | SanDisk
        • Ultra microSD for Smartphone | SanDisk
        • Extreme PRO microSDXC UHS-II Card | SanDisk
        • Ultra PLUS microSDXC | SanDisk
        • Ultra microSDXC | SanDisk
        • SanDisk microSDXC Cards for Nintendo Switch
        • Extreme microSDXC | SanDisk
      • Compact Flash | SanDisk
        • Extreme PRO CompactFlash Memory Card | SanDisk
        • Extreme CompactFlash Memory Card | SanDisk
        • Ultra CompactFlash Memory Card | SanDisk
      • CFast | SanDisk
        • Extreme PRO CFast 2D Memory Card | SanDisk
      • Memory Card Readers | SanDisk
        • Extreme PRO CFast 2.0 Reader/Writer | SanDisk
        • ImageMate All-in-One USB 3.0 Reader | SanDisk
        • MobileMate Duo Adapter and Reader | SanDisk
        • MobileMate USB Reader | SanDisk
        • Extreme PRO SD UHS-II Card Reader/Writer | SanDisk
        • Extreme PRO SD UHS-II Card USB-C Reader/Writer | SanDisk
        • ImageMate Pro USB 3.1 Reader | SanDisk
    • USB Flash
      • SanDisk Extreme Go USB 3.1 Flash Drive
      • SanDisk Extreme PRO USB 3.1 Solid State Flash Drive
      • Cruzer Dial USB Flash Drive
      • SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 Flash Drive
      • SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 Flash Drive
      • SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 Flash Drive
      • Cruzer Facet USB Flash Drive
      • Cruzer Force USB Flash Drive | SanDisk
      • Cruzer Glide USB Flash Drive
      • Cruzer Orbit USB Flash Drive
      • Cruzer Switch USB Flash Drive
      • Cruzer U USB Flash Drive
      • Cruzer Blade USB Flash Drive
      • Cruzer Edge USB Flash Drive
      • Cruzer Fit USB Flash Drive
      • SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive
    • SSD
      • SanDisk Extreme 900 Portable SSD
      • SanDisk Extreme 510 Portable SSD
      • SanDisk Extreme 500 Portable SSD
      • SanDisk Ultra II mSATA SSD
      • SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD
      • SanDisk Ultra II SSD
      • SanDisk SSD Plus
      • SanDisk SSD Notebook Upgrade Tool Kit
      • SanDisk Ultra 3D SSD
      • Ultra 3D SSD Redirect
      • SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD
      • SanDisk Extreme PRO M.2 NVMe 3D SSD
    • Extreme Team
      • Steve McCurry
      • Akito Mizutani
      • Walter Iooss
      • Elizabeth Kreutz
      • Tom Bol
      • Lucas Gilman
      • Marcelo Maragni
      • Jeff Lewis
      • Corey Rich
      • Christian Pondella
      • Caio Guatelli
      • Terrell Lloyd
      • Michael Grecco
      • Akash Das
      • Kaustav Saikia
      • Amy Tierney
      • Alex Liu
      • Scott A. Woodward
      • Steve Simon
      • Kike Calvo
      • C.S. Ling
      • Peter Eastway
      • Cliff Mautner
      • Bambi Cantrell
      • Bob and Dawn Davis
      • Zach & Jody Gray
      • Marcus Bell
      • Sam Nicholson
      • Richard Finn Gregory
      • Vincent Laforet
      • Sebastien Devaud
      • Paolo Baccolo
      • Phil Coates
      • David Newton
      • Daniel Fox
      • Fred Pompermayer
      • Christian Nørgaard
      • Kirill Umrikhin
      • Matthew Jordan Smith
      • Richard Walch
      • Marcel Laemmerhirt
      • Dom Daher
      • Joao Carlos
      • Claudia Goetzelmann
      • Patrick Bellair
      • Wendell Phillips
      • Tyler Stableford
      • Jonathan & Angela Scott
      • Ellen Anon
      • Daisy Gilardini
      • Georg Tappeiner
      • George Karbus
      • Renan Ozturk
      • Lars Schwellnus
      • Tim Laman
      • Sean Scott
      • Nick Didlick
      • Dave Black
    • Stories
    • Where to Buy
  • For Business
    • Data Center
      • Products
        • Flash Devices (not a page)
          • PCIe Flash (not a page)
          • SSDs (not a page)
        • Flash Software (not a page)
          • Open Source
      • Solutions
        • Database
        • Virtualization
        • Big Data
        • Cloud Solutions
      • Partners
      • Resource Library
        • Case Studies
        • Data Sheets
        • Overviews
        • Report
        • Articles
        • Video
        • Solution Briefs
          • All-Flash Storage System for Ceph and OpenStack
          • Red Hat Ceph Storage on the InfiniFlash All-flash Storage Platform
          • The Solution for Cassandra at Scale | SanDisk
          • Storage for MongoDB Analytics
          • Optimizing Ceph Deployments Solution Brief
      • Blog
    • Computing
      • X600
      • X400
      • Z400s
      • sn720
      • sn520
    • Professional Photo & Video
  • OEM Design
    • Data Center
    • Computing
    • Mobile
      • iNAND Embedded Flash Drives
    • Commercial
    • Industrial
      • iNAND
      • Industrial Cards
      • OEM Cards
    • Automotive
      • Automotive iNAND
      • Automotive SD Cards
      • Automotive SD Cards
    • Connected Home
    • Blog
  • About SanDisk
    • Trusted Brands
      • History of Innovation
      • Ventures
    • Media Center
      • Press Releases
        • 2018
          • Western Digital Unveils New Solutions to Help People Capture, Preserve, Access and Share Their Ever-Growing Collections of Photos and Videos
          • Western Digital Transforms the Mobile Experience with New High-Performance Solutions Designed to Address Today and Tomorrow’s Consumer Demand for High-Quality Content
          • Western Digital Nvme Solutions Enable Data To Thrive In Intelligent Edge And Mobile Computing Environments
          • Western Digital Enables the Evolution of Modern Workflows at NAB 2018
        • 2017
          • SanDisk® Launches its Fastest, High-Capacity USB Flash Drive Ever
          • Western Digital Transforms the Mobile Experience with New ‘Smart’ iNAND 7350 Storage Solution Built on 3D NAND
          • SanDisk® Teams with Leading Manufacturers to Offer Consumers a Faster Mobile App Experience
          • SanDisk Now Offers 256GB of Extra Storage for iPhone and iPad
          • Western Digital Introduces iNand 7250a Embedded Storage Device For Evolving Data Demands Of Connected Automotive Technologies
          • Western Digital To Deliver World’s First Client Solid State Drives With 64-layer 3d Nand Technology
          • Western Digital® Breaks Boundaries with World’s Highest-Capacity microSD™ Card
          • Western Digital gives consumers a unique, hassle-free solution for daily iPhone backup
          • Western Digital Addresses Increasing Data Demands Of ‘smart’ Surveillance, ‘connected Car’ Applications
          • Western Digital Enables Mobile Data to Thrive with New Portfolio of 3D NAND iNAND Embedded Flash Drives
      • Awards & Accolades
      • Events
        • Flash Memory Summit
        • Intel Developer Forum 2015
        • VMworld US
        • LinuxCon North America
        • SpiceWorld
        • VMworld Europe
        • GTEC
        • Oracle OpenWorld
        • HP Discover London
        • Gartner Data Center Conference
        • Photo Plus Expo 2015
        • SQL PASS Summit 2015
        • TigerDirect Innovation – IT Conference and Expo
        • Mobile World Conference
        • Embedded World
        • Open Compute
        • Linux Open Vault Conference
        • LinuxCon North America 2016
        • Embedded World
        • Mobile World Congress
        • Supercomputing16
        • SQL PASS Summit
        • Western Digital: The Future of Data
        • Flash Memory Summit 2017
        • Mobile World Congress
        • Embedded World
        • Computex 2018
      • Media Assets
        • Product
          • Business
          • OEM Design
        • Corporate
          • Management
      • Insight Report
    • Careers
      • Why SanDisk
        • Compensation and Benefits
        • Equal Employment Opportunity
      • University Hires
      • Career Development
    • Global Citizenship
      • Social
      • Environmental
      • Community
      • Scholars
        • 2014 Cal Berkeley Graduate Engineering School Commencement Speech
      • Supplier Management
    • Investor Relations
    • Contact Us
  • Support
    • Co-Browse
    • iXpand Flash Drive Compatible
    • ixpandmemorycase
    • Ultra +Cloud USB
    • gaming cyoa sweepstakes
    • iXpand Compatibility
    • iXpand Base
  • For Home
  • For Business
  • OEM Design
  • About SanDisk
  • Support
 
  • Media Center
    • Trusted Brands
    • Careers
    • Global Citizenship
    • Investor Relations
    • Contact Us
  • Press Releases
  • Awards & Accolades
  • Events
  • Media Assets
  • Insight Report

Press Releases

SANDISK MODULAR SOLID STATE DRIVE SELECTED FOR ACER’S NEW ICONIA TAB WINDOWS 7 PRODUCTIVITY TABLET

Feb 14, 2011

 

  • SanDisk SSD P4 mSATA module allows OEMs to design mobile computing products with an ideal combination of performance, storage capacity, durability and size
  • Supports Acer Iconia Tab Windows 7 tablet for high-performance mobile computing in a slim form factor

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, February 14, 2011-SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that Acer has selected the 32-gigabyte (GB)1 SanDisk® SSD P4 modular solid state drive for use in its Iconia Tab Windows 7 tablet. SanDisk SSD P4's combination of capacity, size, speed and reliability offers a compelling storage solution for OEMs who design high-performance ultra-thin notebooks and tablets.

The SanDisk SSD P4 fits Acer's thin design and low power consumption requirements for its newest tablet. Solid state drives (SSDs) use flash memory technology, and with no moving parts SSDs offer improved durability that helps prevent data loss from drive failure. SSD-equipped devices generate less noise due to their fan-less design and come in smaller form factors than are possible with conventional hard disk drives (HDD).

"The SanDisk SSD P4 is designed for thin, high-performance productivity tablets such as Acer's Iconia Tab Windows 7 tablet," said Kevin Conley, senior vice president, solid state drives, SanDisk. "As the tablet and mobile markets converge, cost-effective modular SSD solutions from SanDisk allow OEMs to create high-quality products that are tailored to their customers' needs."

"The Iconia Tab Windows 7 tablet is designed for optimum versatility in an ultra-portable tablet form factor. The docking keyboard, optimal ergonomics with superior touch experience provides ease-of-use both on the go and at your desk," said David Lee, AVP, mobile computing business unit, Acer Inc. "The SanDisk SSD P4 module meets Acer's tablet design requirements for stability, speedy access and low-power consumption for running seamless flows of pervasive mobile Internet applications."

The new Acer Iconia Tab Windows 7 tablet offers the functionality and ease of use that consumers demand in a high-performance mobile computing platform, and combines touch-screen user-friendliness with the comfortable experience of a physical keyboard. The tablet comes with a docking device that includes a full-size chiclet keyboard, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity options. Thin and light, the 10.1-inch Hi-Def tablet will run on the next-generation AMD platform and is equipped with dual Hi-Def webcams for picture, video, chat and videoconference.

The SanDisk SSD P4 includes an industry-standard mSATA interface in a Mini PCIe form factor, delivering a variety of features that complement the Acer Iconia Tab Windows 7 tablet. The 32GB SanDisk SSD P4's compact size (weighing less than 6.0 grams and measuring 30mm x 50.95mm x 3.4mm) and low power consumption (average power of . 0.18W2,3) make it well-suited to the Acer tablet's form factor and extended battery life requirements.

The SanDisk SSD P4 can deliver greater performance to consumers through increased system responsiveness. Backed by SanDisk's Adaptive Flash Management (AFM) implementation, SanDisk SSD P4 uses nCacheTM acceleration technology4, a large non-volatile write cache technology that boosts burst random write performance of 4KB up to 600 IOPS5. nCache technology improves user responsiveness and helps prevent incidence of drive "stalling" and "hiccups."

The SanDisk SSD P4 is available in a variety of form factors such as mSATA mini and also includes the SanDisk integrated solid state drive (iSSD) in a BGA form factor. These drives are available to OEMs in capacities ranging from 4GB to 128GB. More information about the SanDisk P4 SSD is available at: www.sandisk.com\pssd.

About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards, from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States.


1 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes.
2 While running MobileMark and average (typical) power.
3 Assumes DIPM (Device Initiated Power Management) is enabled.
4 nCache™ acceleration technology is a large Non Volatile Write Cache, a unique feature in SanDisk SSD P4 that improves random write performance and ensures an improved user experience. Studies show that modern operating systems mostly access the storage device using 4k access blocks. The cache is filled during these small write commands and emptied during idle time when the host is not accessing the drive, with no risk of data loss. For a typical everyday use, the write performance that the users see is the nCache (burst) high performance, and not steady state (sustained) SanDisk SSD P4 performance. Based on IOmeter 4k random write test.
5 Based on I0Meter 2003.12.16 benchmark measurements where SanDisk P4 SSD is tested as a secondary device.

SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from
http://www.sandisk.com/corporate/media.asp
SanDisk's web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com

© 2011 SanDisk Corporation. All rights reserved. SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. nCache is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder (s).

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including expectations for applications, features, markets, and customers that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others: the market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our expectations, our products may not be available in the capacities that we anticipate, our products may not perform as expected and the other risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q. We do not intend to update the information contained in this press release.

Media Contacts:
Mike Wong Jody Privette Young
SanDisk Corporation Lyman PR
Phone:650-743-3983 Phone:415-328-4700
Email: mwong@sandisk.com Email: SanDisk@lymanpr.com

MEDIA CONTACTS

SanDisk Press Contact

press@sandisk.com

Site Menu

  • For Home
    • Mobile Storage
    • Cards & Readers
    • USB
    • SSD
    • MP3 Players
  • For Business
    • Data Center
    • Computing
    • Partners
    • Pro Photo & Video
  • OEM Design
    • Mobile
    • Computing
    • Automotive
    • Connected Home
    • Industrial & Other
    • Data Center
  • Media Center
    • Press Releases
    • Awards and Accolades
    • Media Resources
  • Careers
  • Investor Relations
  • Contact Us

Retail Support

  • Quick Assist
  • Ask a question
  • Chat with experts (USA only)
  • Register your product
  • RMA Request
  • Check RMA Status
  • Forums

#sandiskstories

Submit your photos and take part in the storytelling experience. Just tag your photos with #sandiskstories on Twitter and Instagram. Learn More »

  • Legal
  • Terms of Use
  • Trademarks
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • Taiwan BSMI RoHS
  • About Ads
  •  
SanDisk
© 2018 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is the seller of record and licensee in the Americas of SanDisk® products.