256GB Crucial SSD Out This Month

[r_manic]

The company said the new drive, part of the M225 series, offers 250MB/sec read speeds and 200MB/sec write speeds. The 128GB drive in the lineup is also improved, with 250MB/sec read speeds and 190MB/sec writes. A 64GB version offers 200MB/sec reads and 150MB/sec writes.

Crucial said it would offer more information on the drives on July 20th on its Web site.

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Personally, I'd only start considering an SSD once an affordable (sub $200) 512GB variant becomes available.

 

[wuzy]

The moment those non-stuttering controller based SSD hits $2/GB I'll fork out out.

 

[sub mesa]

Those are already tested, and it uses the Samsung controller just like OCZ Summit series. It tests under the OCZ Vertex (Indilinx controller) and Intel X25-M.

Writing is something the Samsung isn't too keen on, though it doesn't have the write latency issues the JMicron JMF-602 controller had.

What is exciting is that there are now two third party controllers (Samsung & Indilinx), where before there were only self-built controller chips. Intel makes its own, MTron and MemoRight made their own, but as they weren't used in other brands this leads to fragmentation and lesser return on investment. So the third party controllers could 'break open' the SSD market since now every manufacturer can "assemble" an SSD using a lego-style building bricks with different flash memory, controllers, DRAM cache chips and PCB.

This could end up being favorable to the price, although NAND flash is still in high demand and its price won't fall anytime soon. I heard they have great trouble ramping up production on short notice.

 

[wuzy]

Don't you just hate it when NAND price goes in the opposite direction?

There's only one direction they should be heading and that's down, absolutely zero ups.