Practicall all Solid State Drives that has launched lately use the SATA II interface which is understandable considering its spread and performance. The older IDE/PATA interface is still alive though and SuperTalent has taken this into consideratino with its latest SSD series. The MasterDrive EX2 and IX2 series offers twice the performance of Solid State Drives with the PATA interface of the previous generation.
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Super Talent Introduces Blazing Fast MasterDrive EX2 and MasterDrive IX2
Triples Performance of PATA/IDE 2.5” SSDs with 2nd Generation IDE SSDs
San Jose, California – May 27, 2009 – Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, announced it is now shipping new families of PATA/IDE 2.5” SSDs featuring both MLC and SLC Flash and nearly tripling previous performance specifications.
The MasterDrive EX2 is available with capacities from 16GB to 128GB, features sequential read speeds up to 80 MB/s and sequential write speeds up to 40MB/s, and uses MLC flash. It also comes with a 2 year factory warranty.
The MasterDrive IX2 is available with capacities from 16GB to 64GB, enables sequential read speeds up to 80 MB/s and sequential write speeds up to 60MB/s, and uses SLC flash. It also comes with a 3 year factory warranty.
Channel/Retail Part Number OEM Part Number Description FHM16GF25H SD16B6F25H 16GB MasterDrive EX2 2.5” IDE FHM32GF25H SD32B6F25H 32GB MasterDrive EX2 2.5” IDE FHM64GF25H SD64B7F25H 64GB MasterDrive EX2 2.5” IDE FHM28GF25H SD28B7F25H 128GB MasterDrive EX2 2.5” IDE FHD16GF25H SH16A6F25H 16GB MasterDrive IX2 2.5” IDE FHD32GF25H SH32A6F25H 32GB MasterDrive IX2 2.5” IDE FHD64GF25H SH64A7F25H 64GB MasterDrive IX2 2.5” IDE
“Many embedded and ruggedized portable PC customers still need IDE drives, and the MasterDrive EX2 and IX2 series give them the performance they deserve in a rugged and reliable device.” said Jeremy Werner, Sr. Product Marketing Manager Super Talent.
Super Talent will showcase these products at the 2009 Computex
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