Imation Gets Into The Solid State Game

Oakdale (MN) - Flash-based solid state drives (SSDs) are far from being mainstream, but the segment is certainly gaining speed with at more and more manufacturers joining the race to cash in on the high profit margins this market offers right now. The competition increases especially outside the traditional hard drive industry with companies such as Hitachi and Seagate being a bit slow out of the gate. Imation is the latest manufacturer to announce SSDs - based on Mtron's Mobi performance drives.

The company, which is commonly known for its CD, DVD and tape media, announced its debut in the mass storage market with the 2.5" SATA MOBI 3000 and 7000 series models, which come out of partnership with Mtron. Since Mtron recently announced its Mobi SSDs, which the firm claims are the fastest SSDs on the market at this time, it isn't surprising that the Imation SSDs are based on the same technology.

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