The South Korean memory giant has announced the development of a new 1.8-inch solid state disk, which could replace 1.8-inch hard-disk in laptops. The ZIF-type SSD for laptops uses Single Level Cell (SLC) technology and supports PATA (ZIF-type) interface. It provides a maximum reading speed of 120MB/s and writing speed of 100MB/s -- 6 times faster than the current 1.8 inch HDD.

The firm also announced a Multi Level Cell (MLC) Flash memory based 128GB SSD, with a maximum reading speed of 110 MB/s and writing speed of 40MB/s.

As there are no moving parts, Mtron’s 128GB SSD doesn't make any noise and consumes nearly 50 percent less power as compared with conventional hard disk drive.

Steve Jeon, CEO of Mtron, said, “With our new 1.8 Inch SSD, Mtron has added another great product line as a leader in SSD market, which is expected to grow into ten billion dollars in 2012. Our new product is a result of careful market analysis and research for consumer needs, and we will launch our new product in April so that we can satisfy their need for high performance SSD products.”

The firm will begin the production in April.