I'd never heard of Super Talent--and believe me, with a name like that, I would almost certainly remember if I had--but I spoke with our lead desktop analyst, Joel Santo-Domingo, and he vouched for its validity, well, he vouched for the fact that they'd been around for a while (even if he hadn't heard that name in some time), which should account for something, right? The San Jose-based company is in the component business, and has recently been focusing on world of flash-based hard drives.

Today Super Talent announced the production of what they claim to be the "world's slimmest" 256GB solid state drive (SSD), surely a good piece of news for those eagerly awaiting the days that flash drives will rival spinning hard drives for capacity. The FSD56GC25H crams all of those gigs into 12.5mm, which, according to the company, is 40 percent thinner than its nearest rival.

The company is also touting the drive's ruggedness which supports up to 1600G shocks and 16G vibrations. "We designed this drive for applications that need rugged and reliable storage in a very compact form factor. This is the world's smallest and thinnest 256GB SSD," said the company's marketing director, Joe James. "This product underscores our leadership in high density SSDs and demonstrates the technical capabilities of our Silicon Valley engineering team."

Since Super Talent sells directly to OEMs, no pricing was available.