Active Media Products Launches 128GB 1.8-Inch PATA ZIF SSD

btarunr · Jan 25, 2010

Active Media Products, manufacturer of SSDs and endangered species USB drives, today added a new 128GB capacity drive to their SaberTooth ZX series of 1.8-inch PATA ZIF SSDs. The new 128GB SSD is ideal for upgrading popular laptops and netbooks. With sequential read speeds up to 80MB/sec and sequential write speeds up to 38MB/sec, the new 128GB ZX delivers impressive bootup, shutdown and application load speeds that are dramatically faster than hard drives.

Measuring 70 x 54 x 5 mm, the ZX has the same dimensions as 1.8-inch HDDs. It uses a parallel ATA (PATA / IDE) ZIF interface, and supports PIO mode 6 and Ultra DMA mode 6. SaberTooth ZX is compatible with most netbooks that use 1.8" PATA ZIF hard drives. The ZX is one of the fastest and easiest ways to upgrade a multitude of mobile computers to higher performance and more local storage. The SaberTooth ZX family now includes 32GB, 64GB and 128GB models.

SaberTooth SSD Advantages
SaberTooth SSDs are custom engineered as a more responsive storage alternative for netbooks. Active Media Products has developed an SSD selector guide to make it easier for users to pick the right SSD to upgrade their netbook. It includes scores of the most popular netbooks, UMPCs and tablet PCs. Upgrading to SaberTooth SSDs offers a wealth of advantages over default HDDs including:

Substantially faster bootup and application load speeds compared to default netbook HDDs;
Consume far less power than HDDs, which means you'll enjoy longer battery life and greater productivity;
Lighter weight than an HDD;
No moving parts;
Completely silent operation;
Produce less heat than an HDD;
More rugged and reliable than an HDD.

"Now you can get up to 128GB of capacity in a very fast and reliable 1.8-inch ZIF SSD. This drive will make a lot of power users and mobile professionals happy with the performance and capacity gain. By removing the storage bottleneck most systems will enjoy substantially faster performance", Active Media Products' VP of Sales, Jerry Thomson said in a statement. The ZX includes advanced technologies such as ECC, wear leveling and bad block management that improve reliability and extend endurance. The 128GB SaberTooth ZX, part number N128G-PATAZIF-ZX, is available now through Amazon for $379.

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[I.R.A]_FBi · Jan 25, 2010

hv43082 · Jan 25, 2010

Price? If it's not too expensive, I can buy the 128 GB and used it with my Voodoo Envy 133.

devguy · Jan 25, 2010

[I.R.A]_FBi said:
Zif?

Zero-Insertion Force. It means basically what it sounds like. A lot of processor sockets have similar design. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Insertion_Force

Morgoth · Jan 25, 2010

nice, im looking forward competition with pci-e ssd's

Yukikaze · Jan 26, 2010

hv43082 said:
Price? If it's not too expensive, I can buy the 128 GB and used it with my Voodoo Envy 133.

379$ according to the original post.

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