SanDisk and NDS collaborate to add features and video on demand to set-top boxes through low-cost SSD

NAND Flash vendor SanDisk and set-top box software vendor NDS Group Ltd are collaborating to bring a low-cost means of converting existing set-top box designs into DVRs (digital video recorders) with features such as live pause and video on demand. The hardware vehicle will be SanDisk’s P4 SSDs, which are available in SATA, PATA, and BGA interfaces and it appears to be the SATA interface that’s involved here. The drives need only be small--4, 8, or 16 Gbytes--which is much smaller and therefore much less expensive than what’s now offered with conventional SSDs packaged as 2.5-inch or even 1.8-inch drives. The SSDs will be pre-loaded with NDS’ software called NDS MediaHighway to ease integration into the set-top box.

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