STEC creates tiny energy efficient SSD

STEC has created a small 1 inch SSD (Solid State Drive) for the embedded market. The very compact drive uses a mere 1 watt of energy, that is 1/12 the power of a standard disc based hard drive. STEC's MACH4 SSDs tout a 90MB/s read time and 55MB/s write time, that is pretty darn good for something that is only a single inch big. The MACH4 can be produced with up to 32GB of storage for their MLC (Multi-Level Cell) based SSDs and up to 16GB for their faster SLC (Single-Level Cell) based units. No price has been confirmed but don't expect the price to come anywhere close to the largest capacity disc based hard drive storage.