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?
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.
