Toshiba has announced a new form factor for PCIe NVMe SSDs at the Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara that could see the end of soldering drives into laptops and other compact devices. The XFMEXPRESS form factor is just 14mm x 18mm x 1.4mm in size, but is capable of a full PCIe 3.0 x4 connection utilising the super-fast NVMe interface. The XFMEXPRESS design is a rather familiar shape, leveraging a look not all that dissimilar from an SD card. However, it will utilise a new socket for motherboard connectivity that will allow an SSD to be removed and replaced without hassle. Toshiba has specifically kept the z-height to a minimum to make this new form factor attractive to the light and thin device market. We’re hoping that means the days of soldered NVMe solid state drives will be over. This has been a technique implemented by a couple major OEMs in recent years to attach sleek, super-fast flash memory into ultra-thin laptops, but has left consumers with no upgrade path or option in the event of a catastrophic SSD meltdown.
Syndicated from here: Toshiba’s tiny NVMe SSD form factor could be the end of soldered laptop storage
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