The solid state drive market will get a little more crowded as Jay Di Es Inc. (Japanese company) has revealed that it is planning on releasing a full line-up of 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch NAND-based storage solutions. Part of the new Red Panther series, the SSDs go from 32GB to 256GB (128GB is max for the 1.8-inch models) in capacity, will be backed by a one-year warranty and come bundled with the SSD Inspector Lite management software.

According to their maker, the 1.8-inch PATA ZIF and 2.5-inch PATA drives provide read/write speeds of 65/30 MB/s, while the 2.5-inch SATA 3.0 Gbps SSDs reach 220/160 MB/s. For now only the prices of the 1.8-inch Red Panther SSDs surfaced and they are about $110, $196 and $327 for the 32GB, 64GB and 128GB models, respectively.