Micron Intros C400 SSDs Using 25nm Process
Micron's new line of RealSSDs reaches up to 512 GB in capacity.
Tuesday Micron Technology announced a new line of notebook-oriented RealSSD solid-state drives that are the first to incorporate the company's 25nm NAND process. This implementation allows for faster notebook SSDs and capacities ranging from 64 GB to 512 GB.
"SSDs are bringing excitement back into personal computing," said Dean Klein, vice president of memory system development at Micron. "Micron is accelerating this enthusiasm with our new RealSSD portfolio, providing even greater performance and higher capacities than our previous generation SSDs."
According to Micron, the new C400 batch will arrive in 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch form factors and support the SATA 6Gb/s interface and third-generation flash translation layer (controller NAND management algorithms). They'll also offer read speeds up to 415 MB/s-- more than 17-percent faster than the previous generation (C300)--and write speeds up to 260 MB/s-- and standard SSD features such as low power consumption, lightweight construction, and resistance to shock and vibration.
Micron said that it's currently working with notebook manufacturers to qualify the new RealSSD drives under the C400 model name. Samples of the RealSSD C400 SSDs are already available, however Micron expects to enter mass production sometime in February.
As for the general consumer and businesses, Micron's Crucial division will sell the RealSSD C400 as the Crucial m4 SSD in Q1 2011. The drives will be sold online via Crucial's website and at select global channel partners.
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eklipz330 joelmartinezAlso don't make some retarded comment about how I, like mayankleoboy1 it's just stupid look at the frickin comma peopleu know what i think is stupid? double posting instead of editingReply
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amk09 eklipz330u know what i think is stupid? double posting instead of editingbut that's just meReply
It's also kind of stupid to suggest editing when it's not possible to edit...
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kronos_cornelius My time was too important to waste, so I've being running a speedy OCZ SSD for a while now. It is nice to see the tech progressing. This SSD close to doubles the SSD I already have !Reply
This guys should partner with HP, Dell or other manufacturers so that they can market a "finished product" with commercials for a lay audience. This things should be a bigger deal than they are... I mean tablet smartphone-size big deal. I have so much trouble getting use to how slow other people's computer feel now. -
stingstang What the hell is going on with those computers? My notebook has a lowest-bidder 5400 rpm hard drive, and it starts up in at least a third of the time as the one on the right. I'll admit the the SSD is faster, but using a REAL computer, it's not THAT much faster than what's shown.Reply -
jrocks84 Reply9265486 said:It's also kind of stupid to suggest editing when it's not possible to edit...
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Click "Read the comments on the forums" and then you can edit the posts like you would normally on the forums.