Tuesday, May 5th 2009
Photofast Ready with 1000 MB/s PCI-E SSD
Recently there has been a boom in production of PCI-Express SSD cards. The cards offer fast storage by coupling arrays of SSDs across dedicated storage controllers to achieve high bandwidths. With market-heavyweights such as OCZ in the ring, this little class of storage products is here to stay. Fresh out with its first G-Monster PCI-E SSD that offers godly read/write speeds of 750/700 MB/s, Photofast is looking to push the bandwidth envelope with the G-Monster Promise. This SSD card "promises" bandwidth that scrapes the 1 GB/s mark, a significant milestone for fixed-storage.
The 3+ slot monstrosity packs 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, or even 1 TB of data. It uses MLC NAND-flash chips, along with a storage controller that has 256 MB of dedicated ECC DDR2 memory. The controller uses PCI-Express x8 to connect to its host. The device assures 2.5 million hours of MTBF, and read/write speeds of 1000 MB/s. All of this comes at a price, US $1616 for the 128 GB variant, $2002 for 256 GB, $3015 for 512 GB, and $4534 for 1 TB, in Japan, where it will start selling later this month.
Source:
TechConnect Magazine
The 3+ slot monstrosity packs 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, or even 1 TB of data. It uses MLC NAND-flash chips, along with a storage controller that has 256 MB of dedicated ECC DDR2 memory. The controller uses PCI-Express x8 to connect to its host. The device assures 2.5 million hours of MTBF, and read/write speeds of 1000 MB/s. All of this comes at a price, US $1616 for the 128 GB variant, $2002 for 256 GB, $3015 for 512 GB, and $4534 for 1 TB, in Japan, where it will start selling later this month.
38 Comments on Photofast Ready with 1000 MB/s PCI-E SSD
I doubt it but id say $300 range in 18 months or so...:wtf:
And hello Mr PQ :toast:
I contact them
Hello Vladimir
You can check this item with PhotoFast UK, our distributor in UK.
Would you please let me know which country are you living now? Maybe we could extend our distribution there.
www.photofastuk.com/engine/shop/category/G-Monster+PCIe+Promise
Best Regards,
Milton Tsai 蔡辰甫
OFFICE:02-87719680#225
FAX:02-27714429
Email / MSN :milton@photofast.com.tw
Product: photofast.tw
Service: photofast.com.tw
and also this
Dear Vladimir,
Thank you for contacting PhotoFast UK. Our online order, prices and terms applies to UK customers only. At this moment, we are unable to accept international orders from our website.
However, we might be able to supply G-Monster PCI Express to you. This will be subject to additional terms and price such as delivery charges to Serbia.
If we are able to supply you G-Monster PCI Express, We shall be able to provide you a written quote with additional terms apply.
We will send you a written quotation next week, giving you full details on how to order.
With regards to Windows 7 driver for G-Monster PCI Express, the driver is currently being developed and is not available yet. Once the driver becomes available, you will be able to download it free from our website.
In the meantime, should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us again.
Kinds Regards
I don't know how to buy this PCIe SSD 128 GB. I think they don't have for sale yet...
vradovic.googlepages.com/G-Monster-Promise_PCIe_SSD_Sales_Kit.pdf