Super Talent >Shipping 512GB SSD

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Super Talent Ships First 512GB SSD, MasterDrive RX Series Offers SLC Option

*note* was going to put in a Stereodude "link", but figured most of you would never bother to click on it .

Yawn, $1500! Get back to me when they release 512GB SSD's @<$1/GB.

For all of you who will not live for centuries like SD:

SSDs have a limited number of write-erase cycles. MLC flash typically has around 10,000 write-erase cycles, while SLC flash has around 100,000 write-erase cycles. Wear-leveling algorithms are used to limit the number of writes and manage write-erase cycles. The higher the capacity of the SSD, the more room there is for the algorithms to do their work. Super Talent claims its 128GB MLC MasterDrive RX will last 70.2 years at 50GB worth of write-erase cycles per day, while their 256GB SLC MasterDrive RX will last 1404 years at 50GB worth of write-erase cycles per day. Super Talent offers a three-year warranty on SLC versions of the MasterDrive RX series, but only a two-year warranty on MLC variant

The MasterDrive RX uses an internal two channel RAID setup in order to increase access speeds and spread the data processing and workload of the ECC (Error Correcting Code).
Super Talent declined to reveal the supplier of its flash controller chip, but it may use two JMicron 602B flash controllers along with a RAID controller. This would make it similar to OCZ's Apex series and G.Skill's Titan series. However, SLC versions of the MasterDrive RX should not encounter any stuttering problems during random writes.

...in other SSD news "link" (j/k, j/k):

Corsair Ultra Fast 256GB SSD Sneak Peek
http://hothardware.com/News/Corsair-Readying-Ultra-Fast-256GB-SSD/

If you remember back to January, Corsair quietly launched a 128GB SSD. Like that drive, this new 256GB model features Samsung technology, but with a new controller and integrated cache that should offer significantly increased performance

 

[LunarMist]

Super Talent? What is that crap?