WD has announced the availability of its new SiliconDrive III SSD product family based on technology from its March 2009 acquisition of SiliconSystems. Featuring faster read/write speeds and increased capacities, the new SiliconDrive III is a perfect storage solution for embedded system and data streaming applications, the company said.

The SiliconDrive III SSDs include 2.5-inch Serial ATA (SATA) and Parallel ATA (PATA) and 1.8-inch Micro SATA products. They feature native SATA 3.0 gigabits per second (Gbps) or ATA-7 interfaces with target read speeds up to 100 megabytes per second (MBps) and write speeds to 80 MBps in capacities up to 120 GB.
 
"SiliconDrive III is the first example of how WD plans to productize solid state technology developed by SiliconSystems. The launch of SiliconDrive III will also enable WD to leverage its global sales and distribution channels to accelerate the adoption of SSD technology. SiliconDrive III is an ideal solution for OEMs that require increased performance, capacity, reliability and data throughput in their applications," said Michael Hajeck, Senior Vice President and General Manager (Solid State Storage Business Unit), WD.

SiliconDrive III has been designed and optimized for high performance and high reliability in demanding 24x7 applications in the embedded systems, media appliance and data streaming markets, the company said.

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