Fastest SATA SSD ever will be available to the public within a few weeks
Intel
currently has the best selling solid state drive in the market,
thanks to the impressive pricing and performance of the 80GB
X25-M. The company uses its own proprietary controller to attain
the fastest random read and write performance in any SATA-based
SSD.
That was until Micron's
RealSSD C300 came along. It uses the same 34nm NAND flash
memory as Intel from their joint venture IM
Flash Technologies, but the C300 uses a new controller from
Marvell along with custom firmware developed by Micron. The result is
the fastest 2.5-inch SSD ever in random
and sequential performance. The drive can read data as quickly as
350MB/s, requiring the use of a 6Gbps
SATA interface to unleash its full potential.
Micron
is already shipping this amazing new drive to its OEM customers, but
enthusiasts will have to wait until February 22 for Crucial, Micron's
retail subsidiary, to launch the consumer version of the drive. The
128GB version will sell for $399, while the 256GB version will sell
for $799.
The new drives also feature 256MB of DRAM cache and
a five-year warranty. It will be available on Crucial's website, as
well as at retail and e-tail partners.
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