SSD OEM Formay has presented what it calls the world’s fastest 1.8″ SSD. The drives will appear in three different SSD series has a profile of rarely seen 3.3mm and 5mm and offers read and write speeds up to 280 MB/s through a micro-SATA interface.
Formay SC199 and EC188 are the heavy weights with thickness of 5mm, while the OC177 series is even slimmer with all memory circuits and memory controller into only 3.3mm. Worth mentioning is that Formay’s new SSDs are 7mm shorter than a regular credit card and offers storage capacities up to 400GB.
Beside nice transfer rates Formay’s new SSDs are really quick when it comes to database handling. 30,000 IOPS at read and 15,000 IOPS at random 4KB writes.
Formay says that it’s new drivers sports functionality to fit both businesses and consumers for flexibility for its customers. For retail it is mainly about high-end notebooks and desktops. The units will start shipping today, but the prices were not revealed.
