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**barman58** · 12-18-2008

Toshiba unveils 512GB solid state drive

New range of drives coming in 2009

Toshiba has unveiled the world's first 2.5in 512GB solid state drive (SSD), designed to provide a high level of performance and endurance for use in notebook computers, and gaming and home entertainment systems.
The company also unveiled a broad family of SSDs based on its 43nm Nand chips, offering capacities of 64GB, 128GB and 256GB in 1.8in or 2.5in enclosures or as SSD Flash Modules.

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Toshiba unveils 512GB solid state drive - vnunet.com

SCSIraidGURU · 12-18-2008

Probably expensive compared to SAS and SCSI.

**barman58** · 12-18-2008

Hi michael,

Talking to someone the other day who is using SSD system based on 32GB units and paying 16 Pounds Sterling per gig - so I would call that a bit steep.

they will drop in price in time I'm sure

SCSIraidGURU · 01-08-2009

My Savvio 10K SAS 2.5" drives are $2 US a GB. $300 for 146GB.

**Dwarf** · 01-08-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by barman58

Talking to someone the other day who is using SSD system based on 32GB units and paying 16 Pounds Sterling per gig - so I would call that a bit steep.

they will drop in price in time I'm sure

Let's put these costs into perspective.

Quote: Originally Posted by Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing PCs 18th Edition, p665

In 1982 a 10MB drive and controller cost more than $2,000 ($200,000 per gigabyte), a figure which would actually be more than double that amount in today's dollars. Currently, the cost of desktop hard drives (with integrated controllers) has dropped to $0.28 per gigabyte or less - or about 500GB for $140! Laptop drives have fallen to $0.67 per gigabyte or less, or about 120GB for $80.

I realise that this is about conventional HDDs, but I would expect that the same will prevail for the SSD devices. And yes, you did read that correctly - a 10MB drive.

rich12313 · 01-10-2009

Thats nice. too bad ill have to sell my body to science to get one. :P

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12-18-2008	#2 (permalink)
SCSIraidGURU Master Join Date: May 2008 Vista x64 Ultimate 1,823 posts	Re: Toshiba unveils 512GB solid state drive Probably expensive compared to SAS and SCSI.
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12-18-2008	#3 (permalink)
barman58 Post No Evil ;) Join Date: Jul 2008 Windows 7 RC x64 Vista HP x86 1,682 posts	Re: Toshiba unveils 512GB solid state drive Hi michael, Talking to someone the other day who is using SSD system based on 32GB units and paying 16 Pounds Sterling per gig - so I would call that a bit steep. they will drop in price in time I'm sure
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01-08-2009	#4 (permalink)
SCSIraidGURU Master Join Date: May 2008 Vista x64 Ultimate 1,823 posts	Re: Toshiba unveils 512GB solid state drive My Savvio 10K SAS 2.5" drives are $2 US a GB. $300 for 146GB.
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01-08-2009	#5 (permalink)
Dwarf The Contemplator Join Date: Mar 2008 Vista Home Premium 32-bit & Vista Ultimate 64-bit both Service Pack 2 W7 Pro RTM 7600 32 & 64 2,128 posts	Re: Toshiba unveils 512GB solid state drive Quote: Originally Posted by barman58 Talking to someone the other day who is using SSD system based on 32GB units and paying 16 Pounds Sterling per gig - so I would call that a bit steep. they will drop in price in time I'm sure Let's put these costs into perspective. Quote: Originally Posted by Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing PCs 18th Edition, p665 In 1982 a 10MB drive and controller cost more than $2,000 ($200,000 per gigabyte), a figure which would actually be more than double that amount in today's dollars. Currently, the cost of desktop hard drives (with integrated controllers) has dropped to $0.28 per gigabyte or less - or about 500GB for $140! Laptop drives have fallen to $0.67 per gigabyte or less, or about 120GB for $80. I realise that this is about conventional HDDs, but I would expect that the same will prevail for the SSD devices. And yes, you did read that correctly - a 10MB drive.
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01-10-2009	#6 (permalink)
rich12313 Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Vista 32bit Home Premium 2 posts	Re: Toshiba unveils 512GB solid state drive Thats nice. too bad ill have to sell my body to science to get one. :P
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