ADATA reckons 512GB SSD is the largest: we don't agree

by Paul Dutton on 9 March 2009, 12:02

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OCZ may have stolen the speed crown for high-capacity SSDs, but ADATA is claiming the single-drive mantle with the XPG 2.5in drive, shown below.



Supporting read and write speeds of 230MB/s/160MB/s, respectively, the drive doesn't appear to be the first of its kind. The pureSILICON 1TB drive has already been shown at CES 2009 and whacked into the gorgeous ASUS Lamborghini laptop, and Toshiba's 512GB drive was announced in December of last year, touting speeds of 240MB/s/200MB/s, respectively.

The only aspect that makes it different, we suppose, is the provision of a mini-USB2.0 port, but why hamstrung such a drive with a limited-bandwidth interface?


Take a closer look and MLC-based drive will make sense if released soon and with a street price of well below £1,000. We'd rather go for a 60GB drive for £120, if going down the SSD route, frankly.

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Im holding my laptop right to my face and it still doesnt make sense to me… all i see is scratches/pattern on the surface of the metal :/
Problem is that these sort of drives (i.e. large capacity ssd's with an even larger price tag) are still a very niche market. They will only really become mainstream and a real purchasing option when they reach prices comparable with hdd's.
£1000 for MLC, fantastic.