SuperTalent först ut på marknaden med 512GB SSD i 2.5″ format

SuperTalent har nu meddelat att man börjat skeppa sin MasterDrive RX familj av Solid State Drives till butiker världen över. MasterDrive RX ska vara den första Solid State Drive enheten på marknaden som finns i butik med en lagringskapacitet på 512GB i ett 2.5-tums format. Med marknadens senaste MLC-teknik har man pressat dataöverföringshastigheterna till 230MB/s vid läsning och 160MB/s vid skrivning. Samtidigt som man även släpper lös SLC-baserade enheter med samma läshastighet men en skrivhastighet på 200MB/s. Priset på en av marknadens största SSD-enheter kommer landa på närmare 15 000 kronor.

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MasterDrive RX with RAIDSSD™ Technology enables blazing fast Read at 230MB/sec and Write at 200MB/sec

San Jose, California – April 8, 2009 – Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announced that it is now shipping the MasterDrive RX family of Solid State Drives (SSDs) in capacities up to 512GB. 

The MasterDrive RX features Super Talent’s proprietary RAIDSSD™ Technology to enable extremely fast sequential read and write speeds.  The MasterDrive RX with MLC NAND Flash comes in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB densities and is rated for a maximum sequential read speed of 230MB/sec and a maximum sequential write speed of 160MB/sec.  The MasterDrive RX with SLC Flash comes in 128GB and 256GB densities and is rated for a maximum sequential read speed of 230MB/sec and a maximum sequential write speed of 200MB/sec.

Jeremy Werner, senior product marketing manager at Super Talent, stated “The MasterDrive RX is the latest product utilizing our patented RAIDSSD™ Technology.  This product is great!  From a performance standpoint it’s like having two SSDs in the space of one, and it extends our standard 2.5” SATA-II product line to include a 512GB SSD.”  The 512GB MasterDrive RX retails for under $1500.

All these products are designed to be compatible with all known operating systems including Windows, Linux, and OSX.  Super Talent backs the SLC versions with a 3-year warranty and the MLC versions with a 2-year warranty.

About Super Talent Technology

Super Talent Technology Corporation based in San Jose, California, designs and manufactures a full range of DDR, DDR2, and DDR3 memory modules and Flash based storage devices for computers and consumer electronics. An ISO 9001 certified company, Super Talent utilizes its state-of-the-art factories and leading-edge components to produce award winning products with outstanding reliability. Super Talent is an active member of the JEDEC and ONFI standards bodies.  With over 250 patents, the company was ranked 38th in the 2008 Wall Street Journal’s Patent Scorecard™ for the IT industry.