SanDisk announced that they have advanced a new technology that enables solid state drives to run a lot faster than its current speed. The company utilized a flash memory file system that allows data to be written on SSDs at an improved speed.

The company calls the technology ExtremeFFS. Products that will be shipped starting 2009 will carry this technology. ExteremeFFS will replace the current technology in reading and writing SSDs called TrueFFS. TrueFFS has been the standard protocol in drive writing since its development in 1994.

ExtremeFFS uses NAND flash memory channels, which makes reading and writing possible and efficient at the same time. Rich Heye, senior VP and general manager for SanDisk’s SSD business unit said that because of the new technology succeeding SSDs will be at least 6 tiems faster today’s 2.5-inch hard drives.

The company also introduced a new metrics for evaluating the performance of SSDs. This is called RPM or vRPM that compares performance between an SSD and a HHD. The comparison is based on factors such as lifespan, endurance, speed and other key elements in hard drive management.

Source: InformationWeek

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