11.12.2007 12:05 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

Toshiba to Enter SSD Market

Among giants of IT manufacturers, Toshiba is part of the companies producing NAND flash themselves while having a dedicated 1.8" and 2.5"HD division. Toshiba was the first company to offer hybrid HD, featuring a storage unit based on both plates and NAND flash, even though the success was limited due to the low performance gain encountered with Vista. The company decided to go one step beyond by announcing its first SSD in 2008. It will be based on 56nm-engraved MLC NAND flash memory, not as fast as the SLC, but offering 1.8" SSD with 128GB. On the performance level, we could expect 40MB/s and 100MB/s in writing and reading mode, respectively. If those values might look lower than those announced for other SSD, one should not forget that it is in any case much faster than any plate-based HD of such format. The company expects to offer 2.5" SSD, both should arrive in May 2008.

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