SanDisk Supplying iSSD Storage Device for WD Black Hybrid 2.5-Inch 5mm HDD

WD, a Western Digital company, and SanDisk Corporation are collaborating to introduce hybrid storage devices that feature best-in-class flash memory technology from SanDisk and best-in-class HDD technology from WD.

SanDisk is supplying a SanDisk iSSD storage device for the WD Black solid state hybrid drive (SSHD), a thin 2.5-inch SSHD solution, which utilizes both WD proprietary hybrid technology and SATA IO technology.

The iSSD brings a balance of performance, low power consumption, cost, reliability, and a compact form factor to this SSHD, which will offer storage to meet consumers’ growing appetite for digital content as well as flash-enabled speed, data throughput and responsiveness – all within slim form factors.

"I am delighted for SanDisk to team up with WD on these exciting new hybrid products," said Kevin Conley, SVP and GM of client storage solutions at SanDisk. "By combining SanDisk’s unparalleled flash memory expertise and technology with the HDD know-how of WD, WD Black SSHDs offer outstanding HDD-like capacity, and the slim form factor and the level of performance that you will only get with flash memory solutions."  

"Working with SanDisk, WD realized our vision for products that combine the best of both technologies," said Matt Rutledge, VP of client computing at WD. "WD’s SSHDs are a significant achievement in the continuing SSHD/flash storage revolution."

About WD Black Solid State Hybrid Drives
They use WD hybrid technology that blends responsive, intelligent flash memory technology from SanDisk with capacity HDDs from WD. This combination improves the PC user experience, enabling both high capacity and a higher level of performance than traditional HDD drives, including increased speed, instant-on and faster application launching.

With device volume being a key concern for PC manufacturers who want to design slimmer devices, the Black SSHDs are designed to accommodate integration into the market’s thinnest notebooks. The 5mm SSHD offers 500GB of capacity, while utilizing almost 50% less volume than current standard notebook HDDs (which are approximately 9.5mm). The low-profile of the solid state hybrid drive is complemented by the small form factor of the SanDisk iSSD, which is built on 19nm process technology, the world’s smallest and most advanced semiconductor manufacturing process.

The Black 5mm SSHDs are shipping to OEMs.

WD is also currently shipping to OEMs ultra-slim, 7mm and 9.5mm SSHDs for portable devices.

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