Loading ...Following their motto of “storage redefined,” pureSilicon introduced a 1TB, 2.5-inch solid-state drive (SSD) called the Nitro at CES 2009. The drive tips the scale of impressiveness based on its size and capacity. The Nitro combines maximum density with high performance and low power demand.
Four of these drives offers 4TB of storage in the same space as a standard 3.5-inch hard disk drive. It only uses 4.8 Watts of power when active and 0.1 Watts of power when idle.
Amazingly, the drive contains 15.40GB per cubic centimeter. Sustained read speeds are measured at 240MB/s and sustained write speeds are measured at 215 MB/s. The drive includes a SATA II interface.
The Nitro line of high-performance solid-state drives is designed for large-scale users as in the military, supercomputing, professional media, server, datacenter, and networking. The 1TB Nitro SSD will be available this summer and pricing has yet to be announced.
Wonder if apple will get a hold of it and use it in their next generation of macbooks?
Sure – if Apple thinks there’s a market for a $5K laptop. I would imagine even with volume discounts, first batch per unit cost will for one of these 1TB bad boys will probably run $2-3K easily.
But the dreams – imagine a 1TB iPhone.
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The Nitro line of high-performance solid-state drives is designed for large-scale users as in the military, supercomputing, professional media, server, datacenter, and networking. The 1TB Nitro SSD will be available this summer and pricing has yet to be announced.