Product category: Memory Devices and Modules
News Release from: Toshiba Electronics Europe | Subject: Solid-state drives
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 19 December 2007
Solid-state drives use MLC NAND Flash
By applying MLC technology, Toshiba has realised a 128Gbyte density in a 1.8in form factor.
Toshiba is joining the emerging market for NAND-Flash-based solid-state drives (SSDs) with a series of products featuring multilevel-cell (MLC) NAND Flash memories Offered in a range of form factors and densities, Toshiba's solid-state drives are designed primarily for notebook PCs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 3 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Moving NAND-based storage architecture forward, Toshiba's first solid state drives offer three densities: 32, 64 and 128Gbyte.
SSDs enable low power consumption, a fast boot time and light weight, but market penetration has been held back by low densities and high prices.
Toshiba's new SSDs integrate an original MLC controller supporting fast read-write speeds, parallel data transfers and wear leveling, and achieve performance levels comparable to those of single-level NAND Flash SSD.
By applying MLC technology, Toshiba has realised a 128Gbyte density in a 1.8in form factor.
Toshiba expects the launch of its SSD lineup to speed up acceptance of solid-state memory in laptops and digital consumer products, and to widen the horizons of the NAND Flash market.
The new products utilise NAND Flash memory fabricated with 56nm process technology, along with controller chips and DRAM, on a 70.6 x 53.6 x 3.0mm platform.
The maximum read speed is 100Mbyte/s, and the maximum write speed of 40Mbyte/s with the SATA2 interface (transfer rate of 3Gbit/s), which is compliant with a high speed serial interface.
The operating life is 1Mh.
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