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Intel has revealed details of the World’s smallest solid state disk drive (SSD).

The Z-P140 is designed for mobile phones, portable media players and other small devices.

This new drive is no bigger than a penny and weighs just 0.02 ounces the same as a paper clip, and according to Intel this new drive will be faster than flash based memory cards and can read data as fast as 40MB per second and write data at 30MB per second.

The Z-P140 will be available in a 2GB version initially, a 4GB version will be available sometime next year and there is currently a 16GB version in development.

This is a very interesting development, and this would also make a get drive for ultra portable notebooks and other small devices.

via Electronista