Mtron preps high-speed 128GB SSD
updated 09:10 am EST, Mon February 18, 2008
Mtron 128GB SSD
Korean firm Mtron today said it has readied significant upgrade to its SSD line. The company has developed a new, 1.8-inch hard drive that should supply 128GB of storage without compromising on either size or speed. As it uses faster Single Level Cell (SLC) storage in place of denser but slower Multi Level Cell (MLC) technology, the drive can read at 120MB per second and write at 100MB per second -- about six times faster than a same-size rotating hard drive and faster than many desktops, Mtron estimates. Like with most SSD storage, the lack of moving parts also results in less than half the power consumption and a completely skip-proof design.
While pricing is unavailable, the 128GB disk is set to be released worldwide in April and should directly support notebooks and other devices that support Parallel ATA drives with a zero insertion force (ZIF) connector. Mtron has not revealed any immediate customers for the drive, though these should become clearer at or shortly after the release date.













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02/18, 09:56am reply
If this thing is gonna cost over a $1,000 then it'll be a hard sell, I personally think a $500 price point will be ideal.
BelugaShark
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02/18, 10:06am reply
Probably will e $1500 to $2000 for something that size and that speed.
I would buy a smaller capacity, less expensive, but express card version though.
dliup
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does us no good...
02/18, 01:45pm reply
if the cost will be way up there_
UberFu
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What do you expect?
02/18, 01:56pm reply
Cost WILL be way up there but that's expected. This market is still young but the $/Gb is dropping. More competitive products like this are great though!
Hope it performs well
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