Toshiba today introduced a new addition in its solid state drive family with 512GB storage capacity, and an altogether new family based on 43 nanometer Multi-Level Cell NAND. The latest addition to Tosh's SSD series is the "world's first" 2.5-inch 512GB SSD providing a high level of performance and endurance for use in notebook computers, gaming and home entertainment systems. On the other hand, the 43nm NAND SSD comes in 1.8-inch or 2.5-inch drive enclosures and provides capacities of 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB. All the drives features 240MBps read speed, and 200MBps write speed.

"The solid state drive market is evolving rapidly, with higher performance drives to meet market requirements, and differentiated product families targeted for appropriate applications, said Mr. Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Vice President of Toshiba Corporation's Semiconductor Company. "This new 43nm SSD family balances value/performance characteristics for its targeted consumer applications, through use of MLC NAND and an advanced controller architecture."

The new drives will be showcased at CES 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 8 to 11, 2009.