Friday, September 17th 2010
PhotoFast Announces GMonster 3X V1 SATA 6 Gb/s SSDs
Flash-memory expert PhotoFast is releasing its fastest SATA solid state drive (SSD) series, the GMonster 3X V1. Based on a new controller, the drive supports SATA 6 Gb/s interface, and significantly relies on the higher interface bandwidth. These drives carry read speeds of up to 430 MB/s, writing at up to 300 MB/s. Available in 64 GB, 128 GB, and 256 GB variants, these drives have different read/write speeds: the 64 GB model reads/writes at up to 370/120 MB/s, the 128 GB model at 410/190 MB/s, with the 256 GB model running full throttle at 430/300 MB/s. The controller makes full use of the NAND flash memory installed as data-area, while it has its own 128 MB DDR3 memory to carry out its tasks and use as cache. Aimed at consumers, these drives carry MTBF of 1.5 million hours. October is when these will hit the shelves, though prices have not been announced yet.
Source:
TechConnect Magazine
10 Comments on PhotoFast Announces GMonster 3X V1 SATA 6 Gb/s SSDs
smart move putting DDR3 to use as cache... maybe 1GB might be smarter though :p It would only cost them 20ish$ for 1GB
I'll stick with the Vertex2 on the Intel controller for now.
DRAM belongs in the DIMM slots.. DRAM and in the mass storage area is only good for buffering out the changes in transfer speedSandforce uses cache, just not DRAM cache.
Simply put, more capacity = more places that can be written to simultaneously (up to the limit of the controller)