Toshiba 512GB Solid State Laptop Drive

Lee Stewart · 12-18-2008, 07:57 AM

Toshiba 512GB Solid State Laptop Drive: Come to Papa

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By Brian Lam, 9:12 PM on Wed Dec 17 2008, 9,291 views

256GB SSDs were a possibility in my mind as storage in a fantasy rig. But a 512GB 2.5-inch laptop drive is big enough to dream about from the depths of my storage fanboy heart-of-hearts.

TOSHIBA LAUNCHES INDUSTRY’S FIRST 512GB SOLID STATE DRIVE and NEXT- GENERATION SSD FAMILY USING 43nm MLC NAND
New SSD Family Achieves High Levels of Performance, Endurance, Capacity and Reliability to Meet Market Requirements for Notebook Computers, Gaming and Home Entertainment Systems
512GB SOLID STATE DRIVE
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IRVINE, Calif., and TOKYO December 18, 2008 — Toshiba Corp. (Toshiba) and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)*, its subsidiary in the Americas, today announced the expansion of their line up of NAND-flash-based solid state drives (SSD) with the industry's first 2.5-inch 512-gigabyte (GB)1 SSD and a broad family of fast read/write SSDs based on 43 nanometer (nm) Multi-Level Cell NAND. The new drives provide a high level of performance and endurance for use in notebook computers, gaming and home entertainment systems, and will be showcased at International CES 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 8 – 11, 2009.

In addition to the 2.5-inch, 512GB drive, the 43nm NAND SSD family also includes capacities of 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB, offered in 1.8-inch or 2.5-inch drive enclosures or as SSD Flash Modules. Samples of the new drives will be available in the first quarter (January to March) of 2009, with mass production in the second (April to June) quarter.

Toshiba's second-generation SSDs bring increased capacity and performance for notebook computers. They utilize an advanced MLC controller, which is also compatible with further advanced processes, that achieves higher read/write speeds, parallel data transfers and wear leveling to optimize performance, reliability and endurance. The drives enable improved system responsiveness with a maximum sequential read speed of 240MB per second (MBps)2 and maximum sequential write speed of 200MBps enabling an improvement in overall computing experience, and faster boot and application loading times. The drives also offer AES data encryption to prevent unauthorized data access.

"The solid state drive market is evolving rapidly, with higher performance drives to meet market requirements, and differentiated product families targeted for appropriate applications," said Mr. Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Vice President of Toshiba Corporation's Semiconductor Company. "This new 43nm SSD family balances value/performance characteristics for its targeted consumer applications, through use of MLC NAND and an advanced controller architecture."

Toshiba and many market analysts expect SSDs to begin to gain significant traction in the market in 2009, growing to approximately 10% of the notebook market by 2010, and 25% of the notebook market by 2012. Toshiba expects the value/performance of its MLC NAND-based SSD line-up to help speed the acceptance of solid state storage.

Toshiba will continue to promote innovations that widen the horizons of the NAND Flash market and support its continued leadership in that market. The company will spur demand for SSDs in notebook PCs, netbooks, laptops and digital consumer products by enhancing its lineup, offering products with different densities and interfaces in a range of packages, while advancing device performance. For more information on Toshiba SSDs, please visit ssd.toshiba.com.
Outline of the new products:
Form Factor Capacity Product Number Samples Start of Mass Production
2.5-inch
Serial ATA-2 512GB THNS512GG8BB 1Q, 2009 2 Q, 2009
256GB THNS256GG8BB
128GB THNS128GG4BB
64GB THNS064GG2BB
1.8-inch
Serial ATA-2 256GB THNS256GG8BA
128GB THNS128GG4BA
64GB THNS064GG2BA
1.8-inch Flash Module
Serial ATA-2 256GB THNS256GG8BM
128GB THNS128GG4BM
64GB THNS064GG2BM
Product Specifications:
2.5-inch Serial ATA-2 1.8-inch Serial ATA-2 1.8-inch Flash Module Serial ATA-2
Size 69.9 (W) x 9.5(H) x100(D) mm 54.0(W) x 5.0(H) x78.5(D) mm 53.6(W) x 3.0(H) x 70.6(D) mm
Mass 66g (Typ.) 44g (Typ.) 15g (Typ.)
Interface Serial ATA-2 (3Gbps3)
Voltage 3.3V (Module, 1,8-inch type), 5V (2.5-inch type)
Reading speed Maximum speed 240MBps (sequential mode)
Writing speed Maximum speed at 200MBps (sequential mode)
Temperature 0 to 70 degrees Celsius
MTTF4 1 million hours

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JohninTenn · 12-18-2008, 10:29 AM

Yeah but whats the price? I figured when they would come out they would be faster than 43MS

electrictroy · 12-18-2008, 02:46 PM

Probably around $1200.

I so I'm not going to run out and buy one. I could buy a USB disk drive for 1/10th as much.

jadedeath · 12-18-2008, 10:59 PM

Does it, {in fact} come with a HD-DVD drive?

Logan

Lee Stewart · 12-19-2008, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jadedeath

Does it, {in fact} come with a HD-DVD drive?

Logan

This is a solid state drive. HD DVD is an optical disc format . . . .

jadedeath · 12-21-2008, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

This is a solid state drive. HD DVD is an optical disc format . . . .

Aww... I wanted a Toshiba laptop with a HD-DVD player in it...

shucks.

Logan

**rbinck** · 12-21-2008, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jadedeath

Aww... I wanted a Toshiba laptop with a HD-DVD player in it...

shucks.

Logan

Why?

jadedeath · 12-22-2008, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by rbinck

Why?

Apparently I missed the base with the joke...

Logan

Lee Stewart · 12-22-2008, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by JohninTenn

Yeah but whats the price? I figured when they would come out they would be faster than 43MS

Where do you see 43MS in that article?

Here are the speeds:

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The drives enable improved system responsiveness with a maximum sequential read speed of 240MB per second (MBps)2 and maximum sequential write speed of 200MBps enabling an improvement in overall computing experience, and faster boot and application loading times.

jhom007 · 12-22-2008, 06:38 AM

Hi,
Yeah but whats the price? I figured when they would come out they would be faster than 43MS

jhom007 · 12-22-2008, 06:41 AM

Hi, i love this site its too useful for me. i like it so much. keep it up.

Alpha1 · 12-22-2008, 06:45 AM

It states 43NS (nano seconds) not 43MS.

This will destroy any normal hard disk, a 'fast' standard hdd has an access time of around 5MS (milliseconds).

Oliver

**rbinck** · 12-22-2008, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by jadedeath

Apparently I missed the base with the joke...

Logan

No joke. HD DVD is a discontinued format. Why do you want a HD DVD drive?

JohninTenn · 12-22-2008, 10:59 AM

Heck I even dated a gal for her 9600 USR modem.
BTW My 286 12mhz would scream....

jadedeath · 12-22-2008, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by rbinck

No joke. HD DVD is a discontinued format. Why do you want a HD DVD drive?

That WAS the joke *LOL*

Logan

12-18-2008, 02:46 PM	#3
electrictroy Wii 480p looks good to me Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,083	Probably around $1200. I so I'm not going to run out and buy one. I could buy a USB disk drive for 1/10th as much. __________________ My Free TV streams 19 Mb/s == 6000 GB/month per channel. No cellphone can do that. WHY kill off this excellent service??

12-22-2008, 10:59 AM	#14
JohninTenn KE4TQP Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 744	Heck in the past I was a BIG Dawg with my two 20 Meg hard drives. Heck I even dated a gal for her 9600 USR modem. BTW My 286 12mhz would scream....

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Alpha1 High Definition is the definition of life. Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 285	It states 43NS (nano seconds) not 43MS. This will destroy any normal hard disk, a 'fast' standard hdd has an access time of around 5MS (milliseconds). Oliver