Elecom has released the new NanoSSD drive which is available in 8GB or 16GB and can be plug directly into the SATA port. Featuring 75MB/s (read) and 30MB/s (write) speed, it measures only 25 x 39 x 6.5 mm.

Elecom is trying to market these drives as a quicker startup drive in a regular systems or even a primary drive in a Mini-ITX setup.

I think that should make it a little bit more smaller, it is blocking the other ports when plugged in.

[via Ohgizmo]