New SSD Family Achieves High Levels of Performance, Endurance, Capacity and Reliability to Meet Market Requirements for Notebook Computers, Gaming and Home Entertainment Systems
In addition to the 2.5-inch, 512GB drive, the 43nm NAND SSD family also includes capacities of 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB, offered in 1.8-inch or 2.5-inch drive enclosures or as SSD Flash Modules. Samples of the new drives will be available in the first quarter (January to March) of 2009, with mass production in the second (April to June) quarter.
Toshiba's second-generation SSDs bring increased capacity and performance for notebook computers. They utilize an advanced MLC controller, which is also compatible with further advanced processes, that achieves higher read/write speeds, parallel data transfers and wear leveling to optimize performance, reliability and endurance. The drives enable improved system responsiveness with a maximum sequential read speed of 240MB per second (MBps)(2) and maximum sequential write speed of 200MBps enabling an improvement in overall computing experience, and faster boot and application loading times. The drives also offer AES data encryption to prevent unauthorized data access.
"The solid state drive market is evolving rapidly, with higher performance drives to meet market requirements, and differentiated product families targeted for appropriate applications," said Mr. Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Vice President of Toshiba Corporation's Semiconductor Company. "This new 43nm SSD family balances value/performance characteristics for its targeted consumer applications, through use of MLC NAND and an advanced controller architecture."
Toshiba and many market analysts expect SSDs to begin to gain significant traction in the market in 2009, growing to approximately 10% of the notebook market by 2010, and 25% of the notebook market by 2012. Toshiba expects the value/performance of its MLC NAND-based SSD line-up to help speed the acceptance of solid state storage.
Toshiba will continue to promote innovations that widen the horizons of the NAND Flash market and support its continued leadership in that market. The company will spur demand for SSDs in notebook PCs, netbooks, laptops and digital consumer products by enhancing its lineup, offering products with different densities and interfaces in a range of packages, while advancing device performance. For more information on Toshiba SSDs, please visit ssd.toshiba.com.
Outline of the new products
Form Factor Capacity Product Number Samples Start of
Mass
Production
2.5-inch Serial ATA-2 512GB THNS512GG8BB 1Q, 2009 2Q, 2009
2.5-inch Serial ATA-2 256GB THNS256GG8BB 1Q, 2009 2Q, 2009
2.5-inch Serial ATA-2 128GB THNS128GG4BB 1Q, 2009 2Q, 2009
2.5-inch Serial ATA-2 64GB THNS064GG2BB 1Q, 2009 2Q, 2009
1.8-inch Serial ATA-2 256GB THNS256GG8BA 1Q, 2009 2Q, 2009
1.8-inch Serial ATA-2 128GB THNS128GG4BA 1Q, 2009 2Q, 2009
1.8-inch Serial ATA-2 64GB THNS064GG2BA 1Q, 2009 2Q, 2009
1.8-inch Flash Module 256GB THNS256GG8BM 1Q, 2009 2Q, 2009
Serial ATA-2
1.8-inch Flash Module 128GB THNS128GG4BM 1Q, 2009 2Q, 2009
Serial ATA-2
1.8-inch Flash Module 64GB THNS064GG2BM 1Q, 2009 2Q, 2009
Serial ATA-2
Product specification
2.5-inch Serial 1.8-inch Serial 1.8-inch Flash
ATA-2 ATA-2 Module Serial ATA-2
Size 69.9 (W) x 9.5(H) 54.0(W) x 5.0(H) 53.6(W) x 3.0(H) x
x100(D) mm x78.5(D) mm 70.6(D) mm
Mass 66g (Typ.) 44g (Typ.) 15g (Typ.)
Interface Serial ATA-2 (3Gbps)(3)
Voltage 3.3V (Module, 1.8-inch type), 5V (2.5-inch type)
Reading speed Maximum speed 240MBps (sequential mode)
Writing speed Maximum speed at 200MBps (sequential mode)
Temperature 0 to 70 degrees Celsius
MTTF(4) 1 million hours
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(1) When used herein in relation to memory density, gigabyte and/or GB means 1,024x1,024x1,024 = 1,073,741,824 bytes. Usable capacity may be less. For details, please refer to specifications.
(2) For purposes of measuring read and write speed in this context, 1 Megabyte or MB = 1,000,000 bytes. Read and write speed may vary depending on the controller, read and write conditions, such as file sizes you read and/or write.
(3) For purposes of measuring read and write speed in this context, 1 Gigabit or Gb = 1,000,000,000 bits. Read and write speed may vary depending on the controller, read and write conditions, such as file sizes you read and/or write.
(4) The MTTF (Mean Time to Failure) is not a guarantee or estimate of product life; it is a statistical value related to mean failure rates for a large number of products which may not accurately reflect actual operation. Actual operating life of the product may not resemble the MTTF.
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