 Super Talent SATA Mini 2 PCIe SSD
A pricey upgrade offers a tantalizing look at the future of netbooks
SuperTalent
has been broadening
their range of Solid State Drive products over the last several months.
They
introduced the first 512GB SSD for consumers,
and later
unveiled SSDs with an IDE interface
for older computers
and the embedded computing market. Meanwhile, their UltraDrive SSDs for
laptops
and desktops wield the Indilinx Barefoot
controller well enough to
compete against Patriot's Torqx and OCZ's Vertex series.
One of the biggest sellers in this recession has been netbooks. Thin,
small,
lightweight, and with astonishing battery life,
they have been sought
after by the busy business traveller and eager young student alike.
Many netbooks come with SSDs due to the low power consumption of the
NAND flash
memory used for storage. However, most netbooks use antiquated
controllers with
performance on par with first generation USB flash drives.
For example, the ASUS Eee PC 901
uses a
secondary SSD using a Phison controller for primary
storage. Read
speeds are surprisingly fast at 40 MB/s, but writes are very slow at 15
MB/s.
However, due to the near instantaneous access times afforded
by using
flash storage, it can feel faster using
a Core 2 Duo laptop
at times.
Super Talent is now unveiling the world’s
fastest SSD upgrades for the ASUS Eee PC
900, 901, 901A, 901 GO,
and S101 netbook PCs. Their "SATA Mini 2 PCIe" SSD is
recognized
as a SATA drive, but works through a mini-PCIe connection.
Drives using Multi-Level Cell flash are available in 16GB,
32GB, and 64GB
capacities. They feature sequential read speeds up to 150 MB/s
and
sequential write speeds up to 100 MB/s. The MLC drives come with Super
Talent’s
2 year warranty.
For
customers with greater endurance
requirements or faster write performance needs, a Single-Level Cell
version will be available in 16GB and 32GB
capacities.
It features sequential read speeds of up to 170 MB/s and
sequential write
speeds of up to 130 MB/s. This is over four times the rated read speed
and over
eight times the maximum write speed.
The SLC drives come with a 3 year warranty, while the MLC drives come
with a
two year warranty.
|
Model
|
BIOS
Revision Required
|
|
ASUS
Eee PC 900
|
0906
|
|
ASUS
Eee PC 900A
|
0703
|
|
ASUS
Eee PC 901
|
1808
|
|
ASUS
Eee PC 901 GO
|
Any
|
|
ASUS
Eee PC S101
|
Any
|
|
Part
Number
|
Description
|
Expected
Street Price
|
|
FPM16GLSE
|
16GB
SATA Mini 2 PCIe SSD MLC
|
$85.99
|
|
FPM32GLSE
|
32GB
SATA Mini 2 PCIe SSD MLC
|
$125.99
|
|
FPM64GLSE
|
64GB
SATA Mini 2 PCIe SSD MLC
|
$219.99
|
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