Recently, the 2026 Edison Awards Ceremony, widely regarded as the “Oscars of Innovation”, was held in Florida, USA. BIWIN’s self-developed ultra-compact Mini SSD earned the Edison Awards Bronze distinction, making it the only company from China’s storage industry honored this year. The award not only highlights BIWIN’s disruptive innovation and leadership in the storage industry, but also demonstrates the growing global competitiveness of China’s semiconductor and storage/memory technologies.
01 Winning the “Oscars of Innovation”
Mini SSD Reaches New Heights in Global Influence
Established in 1987 and named after inventor Thomas Edison, the Edison Awards, dubbed as the “Oscars of Innovation”, are among the world’s most prestigious honors for innovation. It aims to recognize breakthrough achievements that reshape industries and advance society. Judged by a panel of more than 3,000 leading academics, industry executives, and cross-disciplinary experts, the awards evaluate entries across four key dimensions: Concept, Value, Impact, and Delivery. Past recipients include innovators and industry pioneers such as Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and Jensen Huang, as well as globally recognized enterprises across technology, automotive, and industrial sectors.
BIWIN Mini SSD winning Bronze of the Edison Awards 2026 underscores its growing influence as a product evolving from a “China-developed innovation” into “a global benchmark” for next-generation storage. The product challenges the long-standing “impossible triangle” in the storage industry, that is balancing size, performance, and expandability simultaneously.
Within the footprint of only 15 × 17 × 1.4 mm that is similar to half the size of a coin, BIWIN Mini SSD of its 2TB edition delivers read and write speeds up to 3700MB/s and 3400MB/s, on par with flagship consumer SSD performance while approaching the physical limits of miniaturization. Its pioneering standardized slot-in design also lowers the barrier to capacity expansion, serving as new solution featuring “compact form factor, strong performance and flexible scalability” for AI PC, gaming console and next-generation interconnected devices. This innovation also pushes forward the storage/memory component evolving from a mere component into a core part that drives terminal product competitiveness.
02 From Industry Recognition to Global Spotlight
Mini SSD Builds a Worldwide Awards Portfolio
This is not the first time BIWIN Mini SSD has gained recognition on the global stage. In 2025, TIME officially named BIWIN Mini SSD to its “Best Inventions of 2025” list, making BIWIN the only storage brand selected that year.
The product subsequently received the “TWICE Picks Awards” at CES 2026, the “Best-in-Show” award at Embedded World 2025, and another “Best-in-Show” honor at MWC 2026, establishing a global recognition portfolio spanning technological innovation, market value, and ecosystem impact.
TIME Best Inventions 2025
A Global Innovation Benchmark
As one of the world’s most influential media brands, TIME’s Best Inventions list is widely regarded as a global indicator of technological innovation. BIWIN Mini SSD was recognized as the only storage product selected in 2025 and was praised for “redefining the boundaries of portable storage.”
CES 2026 TWICE Picks Awards
Top Recognition in Consumer Electronics
Presented by TWICE, a leading U.S. consumer electronics publication and official CES media partner, the TWICE Picks Awards select standout innovations from more than 4,000 exhibitors and tens of thousands of showcased products. BIWIN Mini SSD was recognized for its technological innovation, market potential, and user experience, and was described as “a revolutionary product addressing critical storage expansion pain points.”
MWC 2026 “Best-in-Show”
Global Authority in Mobile Technology
Jointly selected by leading international technology media including TechRadar and Tom’s Guide, MWC’s “Best-in-Show” awards represent one of the highest honors in the mobile and communications industry. BIWIN Mini SSD’s recognition reflects broad global acknowledgment of its innovation and user-centric design.
Embedded World 2025 “Best-in-Show”
Professional Recognition in Embedded Systems
Presented by Embedded World and leading industry media, the “Best-in-Show” award is one of the most respected recognitions in the embedded systems sector. Judged by engineers and industry experts based on technology maturity, reliability, and application value, the award validates Mini SSD’s professional-grade capabilities in real-world intelligent device deployments.
Backed by its technological innovation and commercial implementation capabilities, BIWIN Mini SSD has secured several major honors in China’s semiconductor sector. Among them, the product won the “Memory of the Year” award at the 2026 China IC Design Awards, while BIWIN earned recognition as a 2025 “China Chip Outstanding Support Service Enterprise.”
03 Scaling Across Gaming Handhelds and AI PCs
Accelerating Adoption in Robotics and Edge AI Applications
BIWIN Mini SSD has already achieved large-scale deployment in flagship gaming handhelds and AI PC products from brands such as One-Netbook and GPD. The company is also accelerating ecosystem integration across robotics, ultrathin laptops, Mini PCs, and additional edge AI scenarios.
Following its launch on major e-commerce platforms, Mini SSD quickly ranked among the top-selling SSD products and received strong user feedback, validating its core value proposition of compact size, high performance, and flexible expandability.
AI PCs and Ultrabooks: Mini SSD’s plug-and-play slot-in architecture fundamentally simplifies traditional storage expansion methods, helping AI PCs overcome local large-model storage bottlenecks. For OEMs, the standardized slot design significantly reduces multi-SKU management complexity while enabling thinner and lighter industrial designs without compromising performance.
Handheld Gaming Consoles: Mini SSD delivers an optimal balance between internal space efficiency and storage performance. At only 15 × 17 × 1.4 mm, its footprint is approximately 40% smaller than traditional M.2 SSDs, freeing valuable internal space for improved thermal and battery layouts. Sequential read speeds of up to 3700MB/s and write speeds of up to 3400MB/s reduce AAA game loading times by more than 60%, while removable storage enables users to swap game libraries freely.
Robotics and Physical AI: Mini SSD is characterized by high-speed read/write performance, low latency and excellent shock-resistance, enabling smooth real-time recording of massive sensor data from robotic vision systems, LiDAR, and other perception modules, and supporting near-instant AI model activation and real-time decision-making. BIWIN also offers a combined solution of “BGA SSD + Mini SSD”, which enables partitioned storage with a dedicated system drive for stable AI model operation and a scalable data drive for training datasets, providing secure and reliable storage support for continuous robotic learning.
Drones: Mini SSD overcomes the pain points of aerial photography with its extreme lightweight and high reliability. Weighing only 1 gram, it minimizes additional load on drone platforms, and offers capacity up to 2TB which supports extended 4K and 8K video recording.
NAS and External Storage: The plug-and-play design enables seamless multi-device data sharing and rapid storage expansion, supporting use cases ranging from home NAS backups to mobile workstation workflows.
04 Building an Industry Ecosystem
Advancing the Next Generation of Mini SSD Technology
Mini SSD being honored with Edison Awards stands as a global validation of its approach to reconstructing memory value through innovation, which further exemplifies China’s growing strengths from technological breakthrough to ecosystem leadership within the memory industry. Currently, BIWIN is collaborating with Intel, Longcheer Technology, BYD Electronics and more leading companies to accelerate product validation and large-scale commercialization in strategic application markets.
Leveraging its vertically integrated R&D, packaging, and testing capabilities, BIWIN is also advancing next-generation Mini SSD products based on PCIe Gen4×4 and Gen5×4 interfaces, while developing capacities beyond 4TB through advanced 32-die stacking packaging technologies. The company continues to push the boundaries of performance and density to provide more flexible, efficient, and reliable storage solutions for the rapidly evolving global edge AI ecosystem.