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Taiwan-based G.Skill has a new solid state drives for the market. The ultra-performance SATA II 2.5 inch Solid State Drives (SSD) is based on NAND MLC flash storage medium. Available in 64GB and 128GB storage capacities, these SSDs are protected by a sturdy metal alloy housing to make the devices more durable. The company claims that these SSDs will offer a read and write speed of 155MB/sec and 90MB/sec, respectively. Unfortunately, there is no word on pricing at this time. [PCLaunches]
Super Talent is now offering a 128GB SSD drive for only $299. The drive connects to the PC or laptop via a SATA II interface and offers read and write speeds of 100MB/s and 40MB/s, respectively. I am sure more manufacturers will use SSD drives instead of hard drives for their netbooks in the near future. [JKOnTheRun]
![OCZ Core Series V2 SATA II 2.5](http://www.techfresh.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/core_v2_ocz.jpg "OCZ Core Series V2 SATA II 2.5\\" SSD")
OCZ has announced brand new Core Series V2 SSDs. With its new architecture, the V2 will be available in up to a massive 250GB capacity and delivers enhanced speeds of up to 170 MB/s read and 98 MB/s write. The SSDs are also available in 30GB, 60GB, 120GB. Because SSD drives feature no moving parts, the Core Series V2 will keep your laptop or desktop environment cool and quiet and provide superior shock resistance. Core V2 SSDs have an amazing 1.5 million hour mean time before failure (MTBF). All Core Series SSD drives come backed a two year warranty. SSD is an excelent solution to store critical data, preferably than recovering 250 GB from a crash standard HDD which will be slow and painful, if at all possible. Although OCZ has stated that their price will be 50% of competitors’, currently price is TBD. [OCZ]
With write speeds of 200 and 160 MBps, Samsung’s new 256GB FlashSSD claims the world’s fastest and largest capacity 2.5-inch, MLC-based SSD with SATA II Interface. Available in September. No word yet on pricing. [Gizmodo]
SuperTalent will be dropping a new SSD lineup. The three new models come in capacities of 30GB, 60GB, and 120GB for about $299, $449, and $699. All three are now available as of right now. [Jkontherun]
Okoro will be dropping a media PC known as the OMS-ZX100. It features a 32GB SSD, a 1TB HDD for media storage, a 3.0GHz Core 2 Extreme QX6850 processor, 3GB of DDR2 RAM, NVIDIA’s 256MB GeForce 8600 GT graphics card, blu-ray / HD DVD playback and a color of your choice. Just be prepared to pay about $6,000 on up for this monster, especially if you want to add on a built-in CableCARD tuner and wi-fi adapter. [OkoroMedia]
Check out the thinnest 256GB SSD hard drive by Super Talent dubbed the FSD56GC25H SSD world’s thinnest Solid State Disk. It features up to 0.1-millisecond access time, 65MB/sec sequential read speeds and 50MB/sec sequential write speeds as well as a lightweight aluminum case. Strangely you can get the price by request only and it’s said to be pretty pricey, and it doesn’t look all that thin to me. [Engadget]
Looks like Dell is in serious crap according to Avian securities. Dell claims that the 20 to 30% return rates for SSD laptops isn’t their fault. They say that the “global reliability data shows that SSD drives are equal to or better than traditional hard disk drives they have ever shipped.” They also state that the failure and return rates are a result of wanting better and more advanced technology. Dell says the people just aren’t satisfied. This controversy looks like it might turn into a case: Dell VS. Disgruntled Customers, we’ll see how that one turns out. [Dell via Laptop Blog]
OCZ will be dropping a 32 and 64GB SATA hard drives. Both will be offer about 120MBps read and 100MBps write speeds. There’s no word on price or when these badboys will be out, but it’s no biggie considering that they’re average SATA drives at best. [OCZ]
Imation is ready to release its new line of Mtron powered Solid State Drive (SSD). The MOBI 3000 Series and the PRO 7000 Series come in 32GB capacities, where the MOBI 3000 Series and the PRO 7000 Series will retail for $699.99 and $1,159.99, respectively. These SSD use industry-leading solid state storage and controller technology to accelerate the performance of high availability enterprise applications. [Press Release]
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