BIWIN announces that its Mini SSD has been recognized by TIME magazine as one of the Best Inventions of 2025, making it the only storage product worldwide to earn a spot on this year's prestigious list.
Each year, TIME highlights innovations that reshape industries and improve everyday life. The 2025 honorees span categories including AI, consumer electronics, and sustainability.
The BIWIN Mini SSD stood out with its breakthrough design, exceptional performance, and bold re-imagination of portable storage.
Redefining Performance and Portability for the AI Edge
BIWIN Mini SSD redefines the limits of portable storage, bridging performance and portability for the AI computing era. As AI models move from the cloud to the device, edge environments like local inference, high-resolution video, and immersive gaming demand ever-faster, more reliable storage in increasingly compact spaces. Traditional embedded storage solutions such as eMMC and UFS struggle to meet bandwidth requirements for AI workloads, while standard M.2 SSDs remain too large for next-generation, thinner and lighter designs.
At just 15.0 x 17.0 x 1.4 mm, about the size of a coin, BIWIN Mini SSD delivers read speeds up to 3700 MB/s and write speeds up to 3400 MB/s, with capacities up to 2 TB. It empowers device manufacturers to create slimmer, smarter, and faster devices, from handheld gaming consoles to 3-in-1 AI PCs.
BIWIN Mini SSD stands as a landmark example of how technology can keep devices thinner as data volumes keep growing.
Redefining Performance and Portability for the AI Edge. Credit:BIWIN
System-Level Innovation: Technical Excellence Meets Advanced Packaging
The Mini SSD embodies BIWIN's system-level engineering approach, combining architecture design, firmware optimization, and advanced packaging to achieve the industry's best balance between miniature size, flagship-grade performance, and industrial reliability:
Advanced LGA (Land Grid Array)Packaging: Integrates the controller and NAND flash on a single plane for maximum space efficiency and heat dissipation.Rugged Durability: IP68 dust- and water-resistance, plus drop protection from up to 3 meters, offering reliability in mobile or outdoor environments.
Card-Tray Mechanism: Enables easy insertion and removal after power-down, simplifying upgrades and maintenance.Smart Firmware System: Dynamic SLC caching, wear-leveling, TRIM, and garbage-collection to deliver long-term stability.
Broad Compatibility: Modular design adaptable for laptops, tablets, NAS, smart displays, handheld consoles, and edge-AI devices.
This unified design philosophy reflects BIWIN's "Integrated R&D + Testing + Packaging 2.0" strategy, transforming compact form factors into complete system solutions.
From Product Breakthrough to Ecosystem Empowerment
The Mini SSD marks BIWIN's continued commitment to creating end-to-end storage solutions that empower partners and redefine the edge-AI landscape.
Through close collaboration in product definition, joint validation, and large-scale production, BIWIN delivers scalable, energy-efficient storage optimized for AI computing and ultra-thin devices.
Flagship products from One-Netbook, GPD, and other leading brands already integrate the Mini SSD, achieving a rare balance between AI performance and lightweight design.
Building on this success, BIWIN is expanding its edge-AI storage portfolio, including ePOP and BGA SSD products, offering higher bandwidth, lower power consumption, and thinner form factors.
BIWIN's AI-edge business is expected to grow by more than 500% year-over-year in 2025.
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Article edited by Joseph Tsai