256GB Solid State Drive

[maverik-sg1]

Dailytech reports:

As if Adtron's 160GB solid-state disk (SSD) wasn't enough in the mobile storage wars, PQI is dishing out a bit of one-upmanship with its new SATA-based SSD.

The company's new Turbo+ 2.5" SATA SSD features a storage capacity of a whopping 256GB -- that's more than even the most capacious 2.5" HDDs that have been recently announced by Fujitsu and Western Digital.

PQI's latest offering has transfer speeds of 60MB/sec -- this comes in on the low side of performance compared to Adtron (70MB/sec), SanDisk (67MB/sec) and Samsung (65MB/sec). However, 60MB/sec is still nothing to scoff at in the area of SSD performance.

According to Akihabara News, pricing and availability hasn't been announced by PQI for the new drive. However, given current pricing trends, the 256GB Turbo+ SSD will likely retail for well over $1,000 USD.

 

[stocky]

These are starting to get interesting...

Once the prices fall a little I wouldn't mind a 160GB one

 

[K404]

CustomPC this month has reviews of all the SSD solutions. I could only skim a very read, but the cost (and cost per GB) puts most of these outside all our budgets...possibly even our COMBINED budgets.

Give it 6-12 months and i`ll think about it

 

[Thor]

There was an enterpirse disk in there that starts off at £7k for an 18gb version up to £25k for the 147gb version. All drives in the range had a 512mb buffer and performance was quite stunning.

 

[advancedkill]

I don't suppose anyone would like to donate £25,000 to the "buy AdvancedKill a 147gb HDD fund"?

I might get one of those SSds for my laptop when the prices are lower; I wonly need 100gb.