The market for solid-state disk drew different companies . First , SSD in the internal performance propose the producers of memory modules: they took MLC or SLC microcircuits from important producers, selected the suitable controller, projected printed-circuit board and case. intel company proposed its SSD under kingston logotype , and then they appeared on the market also in the form of independent box products.
Intel company micron and crucial, on the market for solid-state disk press perhaps on samsung company, which equipped with its SSD the mobile computers within OEM- contracts, and also collaborated with other SSD suppliers. Second largest producer of solid-state memory, toshiba company, until now, concentrated its efforts in the segment of solid-state disk for mobile computers :macBook Air or the supply with SSD microcircuits to other producers .
However, yesterday on Toshiba site appeared a press release, which reports about the release of solid-state disk series mKx001GRZB on base of 32 nm memory eSLC from its own production. These SSD will obtain SAS 6 Gbit/s interface and form factor 2.5 , which willl allow to use them in servers and data processing centers. The SSD models which ensure the data reading speed 512 Mbyte(s)/s and writing speed 230 Mbyte(s)/s, will be accessible to Toshiba clients in the first quarter of the following year, and their series production will be expanded in first half of 2011. The models with 100 Gb, 200 Gb and 400 Gb volume will consume not more than 6,5 W.
Simultaneously Toshiba presented traditional hard disks on the magnetic plate series mKx001TRKB and MKx002TSKB, which are equipped with interface SAS 6 Gbit/s or SATA-300, with buffer volume 16 mb. or 64 mb. The HDD models 3.5 with the volume 1 Tb and 2 Tb will have the rotation speed 7200 rp/min , their delivery will begin in the following block. Related Products :
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