The microSD cards are practical but slow, the SSD M.2 are fast but bulky … What if we mix the two? This is what the Chinese manufacturer Biwin offers with its brand new mini SSD. Its dimensions of 15 x 17 x 1.4 mm are barely larger than a microSD card, but with performances worthy of an SSD worthy of the name: up to 3,700 MB/s in reading and 3,400 MB/s in writing.
A pocket chip that goes at full speed
The mini SSD will be offered in 512 GB, 1 TB and 2 TO. To give an idea, a microSD express card compatible Nintendo Switch 2 caps at 985 MB/s. Here, we are talking about this speed more than three times. Even the fastest SD express cards only perceive the mini SSD… while being almost twice as large.
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On the template side, it is larger than a nano-Sim, but remains much more discreet than an SSD M.2. And if the latter retains the advantage in pure speed, the mini SSD strikes hard on the size/power ratio.
Biwin does not yet say if this mini SSD will become an open standard or if it will remain a house format. In any case, it targets wide: laptops, tablets, smartphones, cameras and consoles. All with an insertion system like SIM card drawer: you press with a small rod and presto, it comes out.
The manufacturer also promises IP68 resistance (water and dust) and an ability to cash in three meters falls. Enough to slide it without fear in a device that is lurking everywhere.
Two high -end Chinese portable consoles have already reserved their place. The first, the GPD Win 5, is equipped with an AMD Stix Halo chip and a large battery. The second, the ONENE -X Oneexplayer Super X, is a tablet/PC hybrid, also under Stix Halo, with a location provided for this mini SSD.
No price yet, no date yet, and no store references it for the moment. But with such a compact format, speeds that compete with the big ones, and a foolproof resistance, the Biwin mini SSD has something more than the players. It remains to be seen if, in a few months, we will be able to slip one into our phones or our PCs as easily as a SIM card.
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