Toshiba Unveils Spring SSD Line-up

Although solid-state disks are catching on fast, it took Toshiba a while before making an appearance. Today, they’ve finally announced their upcoming line-up, with production beginning in Spring of next year. Products will include both 1.8" and 2.5" models, with densities ranging between 32GB and 128GB.

The problem with SSD so far has been the price, with 128GB models costing thousands of dollars. With Toshiba’s mass-production, hopefully prices will begin to plummet, because right now there is strong desire for adoption, but prices are simply not reasonable. This cannot happen fast enough… fast speeds, low power consumption and nil-noise… it’s hard not to want one.

TOKYO–Toshiba Corporation today announced its entry into the emerging market for NAND-flash-based solid state drive (SSD) with a series of products featuring multilevel-cell NAND flash memories. Offered in a range of form factors and densities, Toshiba’s solid state drives are designed primarily for notebook PCs. They will be showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, from January 7th to 10th. Samples and mass production will follow from the first quarter (January to March) of next year.

Source: Toshiba Press Release