SanDisk Shipping Half-Terabyte SSD for Consumer, Corporate PCs

SanDisk is shipping a half-terabyte solid-state drive for desktop PCs and laptops. “SSDs are being rapidly adopted as the preferred storage option across the entire spectrum of the PC marketplace,” said Tarun Loomba, general manager-client platform solutions. The 480GB drive offers storage sufficient for most consumers and typical corporate users, said Loomba. The price gap between SSDs and hard disk drive storage is narrowing, broadening SSD’s market adoption, said IDC data.