Come April and you’ll not only see the launch of Intel Ivy Bridge processors, but also the Intel SSD 313. Successor to Intel SSD 311, the upcoming Intel SSD 313 is designed to be used with Intel Smart Response Technology for SSD+HDD setups.
Silicon Power recently announced a new solid state drive. Dubbed as Silicon Power Extreme E25, the 2.5″ drive features SATA interface and come in standard size so that you can easily install it in your desktop or laptop.
Hitachi has announced that it is now shipping industry’s 25nm SLC NAND flash based solid state drive for enterprise users — the Ultrastar SSD400S.B. Hitachi reports that the drive conform to the Trusted Computing Group’s Enterprise A Security Subsystem Class encryption specification, helping customers protect sensitive data, and reduce the costs associated with drive retirement and reuse. Hitachi Ultrastar SSD400S.B sport a 2.5″ form factor and is based on 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface. What is interesting about this SSD is that it support up to 35 petabytes (PB) of random writes over the life of the drive, which is the equivalent of writing 19.2TB/day for five years!
Finally Intel went official with it’s SSD 520 solid state drive! Touted as its fastest, most robust client/consumer solid state drive to date, the Intel SSD 520 features 6Gbps SATA III interface and is built using 25nm NAND memory process technology. The Intel SSD 520 uses an LSI SandForce Flash Storage Processor with an Intel co-defined and validated firmware release to deliver up to 80,000 maximum 4K random write IOPS and up to 50,000 4K random read IOPS.
Transcend SSD720 is the latest solid state drive from the house of Transcend. The drive is based on SATA III 6Gb/s interface and is designed for ultrabooks, notebooks, and other thin and light form factor devices. Featuring a tough yet lightweight metal outer case, the SSD720 boasts a super slim thickness of just 7mm.
Fujitsu who has so far stayed away from jumping into solid state drive bangwagon has finally decided to take the plunge by launching it’s first solid state drive. The Fujitsu SSD sports a 2.5-inch form factor and SATA 6.0Gbps interface. Dubbed as HLACC2031A-G1, the drive is based on SandForce SF-2281 controller and deliver 550MB/s read and 500MB/s write speed, with 55,000 read and 40,000 write IOPS.
At the CES PNY showcased a new enterprise-grade solid state drive — the PNY Optima Pro. It is based on 2.5-inch form factor and is powered by SandForce SF-2582 controller. Sporting a metal enclosure and SATA 6.0Gbps interface, the PNY Optima Pro makes use of MLC (multi-level cell) NAND Flash memory chips.
RunCore has introduced a new solid state drive with SATA 3 interface — the RunCore Pro-V MAX. It is based on the SF-2281 controller with the optimized firmware (the Golden FW) and provides read and write transfer rate at 560MB/s and 520MB/s, respectively, and the burst IOPS at 87K while sustained IOPS over 60K. According to RunCore, the Pro-V MAX SSD is ideal for use in gaming machines, HPC & datacenter servers.
Other World Computing (OWC) has announced a new 480GB model under its OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G solid state drive family. Designed for the latest Apple MacBook Air 11.1″ and 13.3″ laptops, the new Mercury Aura Pro Express 480GB model combines SandForce 2200 Series processor and Tier 1/Grade A Toggle Synchronous NAND to deliver data rates up to 3x faster than factory 3G (3Gb/s) options and up to 8x the storage capacity of the factory’s base 64GB SSD model.
Other World Computing (OWC) recently introduced a new solid state drive for enterprise users — the OWC Mercury Enterprise Pro 6G. The 2.5-inch drive is designed for mission-critical deployments and is based on SandForce 2582 controller and Toshiba Enterprise Toggle Synchronous (eMLC) 10K PE NAND memory.
