pureSilicon reveals the 1TB Nitro solid-state drive

by Parm Mann on 12 January 2009, 12:26

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New Jersey-based pureSilicon made a splash at CES this past week by announcing the largest 2.5in solid-state drive (SSD) to ever see the light of day; the 1TB Nitro.

The drive, pictured to the right, squeezes in a massive 15.40GB per cubic centimetre, measuring a total 100.2mm x 69.85mm x 9.5mm.

Sustained read and write speeds are measured at a super-quick 240MB/s and 215MB/s, respectively, and the drive is equipped with a SATA II interface. Joining the 1TB monster will be 512GB, 256GB, 128GB, 64GB and 32GB models.

Yeah, we know, we want one too. Sadly, the 1TB Nitro SSD won't hit stores until Q3 2009, and the sure-to-be-high asking pricing remains unknown.

pureSilicon's provided specification reads:

Feature summary

  • 1TB SSD in 2.5-inch form-factor (highest density ever at 2.5-inch)
  • 300MB/s SATA II interface
  • Industry-leading performance
  • State-of-the-art industrial design

Specifications - Nitro Series SSD:

  • Capacities: 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1024GB

Performance

  • Sustained read: 240MB/sec
  • Sustained write: 215MB/sec
  • Random read (IOPS 4K): 50,000
  • Random write (IOPS 4K): 10,000
  • Latency: < 100 µsec

Reliability

  • MTTF: 2.0 million hours Environmental
  • Temperature (operating): 0°C to +70°C
  • Temperature (non-operating): -45°C to +85°C
  • Shock (operating): 1500G, duration 0.5ms, half sine wave
  • Vibration (operating): 20G peak, 10~2,000Hz, x3 axis

Power

  • Active: 4.8W typical
  • Idle: 0.1W typical

Physical

  • 2.5in form factor: 100.2mm x 69.85mm x 9.5mm

Official press release: pureSilicon Debuts World's First 1TB 2.5-Inch SSD -- Most Compact SSD per GB



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With all these Co.s developing the ssd market should become affordable to those of us on the lower rung of the ladder, sometime in 2010 (hopefully).
I didnt know the advantages of SSD's untill I looked on youtube.. I want one just for installing Windows! Who needs Raptors :D
Do they wear out over time if you use them to much?
Want one for my notebook :rockon2:

Wonder how much they will cost, taking into account Intel’s 80Gb SSD (similar speeds) is around £450 :surprised:
2010 looks like the year I may upgrade my RAID :)

It's really starting to look like conventional hard drives have a very short life-span left, apart from the optical drive, the last mechanical PC parts days are numbered!
Keva161
I didnt know the advantages of SSD's untill I looked on youtube.. I want one just for installing Windows! Who needs Raptors :D
Do they wear out over time if you use them to much?

Yes and no. You can only write to each flash cell so many times before it becomes non-functional, and this behaviour is quite predictable. Thus, you have some cunning wear-levelling algorithm to evenly distribute the writes over the disk, and the disk keeps track of these and can practically give you a time left until failure.

Also, there are two types of flash: MLC and SLC. MLC flash stores two bits of data per cell, and can be writted to fewer times than SLC flash which stores a single bit per cell. Thus, the enterprise guys are gonna be mainly interested in SLC flash devices, and the consumer more interested in the MLC flash drives. SLC flash also has a higher write speed (even more ridiculously high than MLC devices), which is also good for enterprise, but less useful for your standard desktop user.