Crucial Rolls Out New M500 Series SSDs
Crucial has released a new lineup of SSDs, the M500.
Crucial is releasing a new lineup of SSDs that will be known as the M500 series. The units will come out in three different form factors with a number of different storage capacities for each. For starters, we'll be seeing the usual 2.5" format at 7 mm thin. Beyond this there will be mSATA units as well as those with the NGFF M.2 form factor.
The drives will come in capacities ranging from 120 GB all the way up to 960 GB. All three drives will feature capacities of 120 GB, 240 GB and 480 GB. Lastly, the 2.5" model lineup will feature a "Terabyte-Class" 960 GB drive.
Sequential read speeds are 500 MB/s on all of the drives, with 130 MB/s write for the 120 GB model, 250 MB/s for the 240 GB model, and 400 MB/s for the 480 and 960 GB models.
The controller on all of the drives is a Marvell unit accompanied by 20 nm Micron MLV NAND.
All of the drives feature an MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) of 1.2 million hours as well as a total of 72 TB TBW (Total Bytes Written) endurance. All the drives are also accompanied with a generous 3-year manufacturer warranty.
Crucial has already started shipping the SSDs for prices of $129.99, $219.99, $399.99, and $599.99 for the 120 GB, 240 GB, 480 GB, and 960 GB models respectively.
Higher-capacity NAND is also important for increasing the capacity of SD cards, USB drives, and other flash storage devices. 128GB MicroSDXC cards and smaller, higher-capacity flash drives are on the horizon. This is a huge step by Micron.
Higher-capacity NAND is also important for increasing the capacity of SD cards, USB drives, and other flash storage devices. 128GB MicroSDXC cards and smaller, higher-capacity flash drives are on the horizon. This is a huge step by Micron.
This is what I am talking about. I will absolutely grab this SSD when it hit the shelves and place my current SSD into either my father in-law's MacBook Pro or my bro's mini-ITX pc that I built him. I just want to see it in stores in Canada and I will just go and grab one. Goodbye mechanical HDD!