1Tb PCI-E SSD Drive!?

CaptNKILL · 03-29-09, 01:00 AM

http://vr-zone.com/articles/photofas....html?doc=6805

Photofast G-Monster PCI-e SSD

Quote:

* 1 TB MLC with SDRAM as local cache (other sizes are available - 256GB/512GB)
* Hardware based RAID controller
* PCI-Express x8 interface
* Max. write up to 700MB/s
* Fully Compliant with RoHS directive
* CE and FCC compatibility

The drive is stated to offer maximum read and write speeds of up to 750 MB/sec. and 700 MB/sec respectively.

Should be available in April.

I'm really curious about the price of this thing. It has to cost a fortune. I'm guessing it'll be $800-$1000 for the the 256Gb model.

EDIT: Here is the .pdf datasheet:
http://www.flashmemory-japan.com/dow...nster-pcie.pdf

Also, I'm not sure how easy these will be to find outside of Japan. PhotoFast seems to have a bunch of products but I've never heard of them before:

http://www.flashmemory-japan.com/photofast/index.html

**nekrosoft13** · 03-29-09, 01:11 AM

holly hell

CaptNKILL · 03-29-09, 01:48 AM

I see that some of their past products used the standard (crap) JMicron controller. This seems to be something else entirely though since it uses PCI-E and seems to support speeds well past SATA's limitations.

EDIT: Just a funny tidbit of info:

PC-100 SDRAM provides 800Mb\sec of bandwidth. These drives supposedly can hit 700-750Mb\sec read and write speeds. We now have mass storage devices that are nearly as fast as RAM was 10 years ago.

shabby · 03-29-09, 08:25 AM

Gimme gimme gimme!

Toss3 · 03-29-09, 08:39 AM

Holy crap that's magnificent!

Revs · 03-29-09, 09:04 AM

Awesome.... but how much?

Bman212121 · 03-29-09, 09:04 AM

Him this is definitely a repost, but since I can't find it, you're off the hook.

Either that or I've seen it somewhere else.

It wasn't that same maker, but it's the same device.

EDIT: It was OCZ.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/o...our-pcie-slot/

**K007** · 03-29-09, 09:14 AM

the price is going to be interesting...

**bob saget** · 03-29-09, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Revs

Awesome.... but how much?

an arm and 2 legs.

**nekrosoft13** · 03-29-09, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bob saget

an arm and 2 legs.

and that is for the 256gb version

CaptNKILL · 03-29-09, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

and that is for the 256gb version

The 1Tb version will cost you all of your appendages and both the kidneys of your first born child.

**crainger** · 03-29-09, 04:43 PM

Bigman has 2 already. Beavis only has one. :

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