[TechReport] A-Data unleashes half-terabyte SSD
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That's amazing that they can now pack that much storage into a 2.5" form factor. Plus, two of these in RAID 0 will be WAY smaller than the OCZ one we saw in the news yesterday.
Consumer solid-state drives are quickly climbing in capacity. A-Data has announced a new 2.5" SSD that can store up to 512GB, putting it right up there with the latest and greatest mobile hard disk drives. Of course (and this is just us going out on a limb), the SSD will probably cost quite a bit more than its mechanical rivals. A-Data rates the 512 XPG 2.5" SSD for top read speeds of 230MB/s and top write speeds of 160MB/s. Coupled with the 300MB/s Serial ATA interface and near-instantaneous access times, that should translate into fairly snappy performance. (For the record, Intel's super-fast X25-E Extreme SSD has respective read and write ratings of 250MB/s and 170MB/s.) Sadly, while A-Data flaunts photos of the SSD's packaging and the "dashing, durable lightweight aluminum casing," it neglects to mention pricing and availability details. This isn't the only company to announce a 512GB SSD. Last year, Toshiba revealed plans to start production of a 512GB 2.5" solid-state in the second quarter of this year. The Toshiba THNS512GG8BB uses 43nm multi-level-cell NAND flash memory and has performance ratings of 240/200MB/s. 
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That's amazing that they can now pack that much storage into a 2.5" form factor. Plus, two of these in RAID 0 will be WAY smaller than the OCZ one we saw in the news yesterday.
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Originally Posted by TEntel  Has the stuttering been fixed yet? I know it had to do with the controller, j-micron? something like that? Do drives still use it? |
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Amazing size difference compared to the OCZ 1TB drive
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No freaking doubt, it took decades for traditional hard drives to reach one Tb, now SSD's pull it off in what, two years?
Originally Posted by Licht The speed at which they are increasing capacity seems to be running an exponential curve. First it was incredibly slow, not it is picking up incredible speed. I'm starting to finally get excited for SSD. |
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That's not that bad considering the speed boost you get out of these things, and plus, I'm sure that later this year, we'll see an explosion of ssds, Western Digital is supposed to enter the ssd market soon too, and i'm sure there are countless other companies that are eyeing the prospect of ssds.
I wonder if these things will be overclockable?
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Originally Posted by nathris SSDs are still $180 for 64GB though. You'd think that will all of these advances in SSD tech somebody would realize that they need to make them affordable first. |
I wonder if these things will be overclockable?
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um... no.
New technology almost always moves from the top down. As the super high end continues to get more advanced, the lower end SSD will gradually drop in price. New production techniques designed to get more overall performance often benefit consumer end as well. Particularily in die shrinks and such. The small these SSD get, the cheaper they will eventually be.
Originally Posted by Tr1ggrhappym0nk I wonder if these things will be overclockable?
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New technology almost always moves from the top down. As the super high end continues to get more advanced, the lower end SSD will gradually drop in price. New production techniques designed to get more overall performance often benefit consumer end as well. Particularily in die shrinks and such. The small these SSD get, the cheaper they will eventually be.
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The OCZ drive is four 256GB SSDs. If A-Data wants to they could put four of their 512GB drives and get 2TB.
Originally Posted by ImmortalKenny Psh http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/p...-2-5-inch-ssd/ |
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Originally Posted by beanbagofdoom Amazing size difference compared to the OCZ 1TB drive
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