Renegade R2 SSDs Ships, 256 GB Version Soon

By Kevin Parrish
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pureSilicon has shipped its line of rugged SSDs, with a 256 GB version to follow in Q1 2010.

Earlier today, pureSilicon announced that its latest generation of "ruggedized" solid-state drives (SSDs), the Renegade R2, is now shipping to a specialty store near you. Although the drives probably wouldn't last in the hands of an elementary school boy, the Renegades are built tough and even look a little rugged around the (jagged) edges.

Right now consumers can pick up the 4 GB, 8 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, and 128 GB versions, each with an SATA II configuration and a low profile (9.5-mm height), 2.5-inch form factor. pureSilicon plans to release a 256 GB version along with PATA, 1.8-inch form factor, and encryption versions of all Renegade R2 drives during Q1 2010.

Under the "hood," the SSDs have sequential read speeds of up to 255 MB/sec., and sequential write speeds of up to 180 MB/sec. However, pureSilicon said that the drives also feature improved IOPS (random read: 18,000 IOPS @ 4K; random write: 1,200 IOPS @ 4K) and proprietary SiPher data security technology.

Based on comments made by pureSilicon founder and CEO Jason Breakstone, the SSDs are tailored for defense, military, industrial, and government markets that require high-performance and rugged storage solutions. "Renegade R2 is designed to operate in the harshest conditions," he said.

Kevin Parrish
19 Comments Comment from the forums
  • acecombat
    Still waiting for $1/1g SSDs...
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  • acecombat
    Should of been "$1 per 1g". Still need that edit button Toms!
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  • ominous prime
    acecombatShould of been "$1 per 1g". Still need that edit button Toms!
    They definitely need an edit, these SSD's just seem too expensive to rationalize the cost/performance and put one in my rig. I'll wait until their mainstream and put that money into a couple 1tb storage drives.

    But these are great for the super ultra rich enthusiast. Who simply has no time to let things load.
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  • superblahman123
    This is for those "on the go" types, those who sport hiking, mountain climbing, scuba diving, base jumping, and spelunking while keeping their hard drive in their pocket you silly people. This isn't for "standard" use ;-)
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  • superblahman123
    By the way, pureSilicon are the same guys that make the 1TB SSD for the ASUS Lamborghini laptop, they're bound to make a 1TB version of this too. pureSilicon sounds like some good people to get to know ;-)
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  • wira020
    Based on comments made by pureSilicon founder and CEO Jason Breakstone, the SSDs are tailored for defense, military, industrial, and government markets that require high-performance and rugged storage solutions. "Renegade R2 is designed to operate in the harshest conditions," he said.

    mayb we could use this inside bulletproof kevlar in emergency... for added safety...

    is that a typo or do they really sell 4gb and 8 gb? it wouldnt even fit a proper OS... even some games surpasses that...



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  • Got a long ways to go before I'm willing to shell out for an SSD drive.

    Currently I'm only paying anywhere from 8¢ to 10¢ per GB and that's for a 1-TB SATA II hard drive.

    If they can get the price per GB down to like say 17¢ to 15¢ per GB or less, then I would be willing to shell out the cash for a Good SSD drive.
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  • Mysteic
    I guess this will make movies where hackers break in the military computer and download like 8000 TB of data in 2 minutes more believable. Lets all be honest, military tech goes into weapons and vehicles not their PC's. Supercomputers on use HDD for backups and booting.
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  • acecombat
    wira020is that a typo or do they really sell 4gb and 8 gb? it wouldnt even fit a proper OS... even some games surpasses that...Well for starters, I doubt that the military etc. would use it for games. Secondly for a military or commercial purpose, they use slimline OS's with very little overhead, some are based on stripped down *nix and others are proprietry, but regardless, generally only consume a very small amount.
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  • acecombatShould of been "$1 per 1g". Still need that edit button Toms!They have an Edit, just find this article in the forums!
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