Corsair Launches Extreme Series SSDs with Upgradeable Firmware
Corsair Launches Extreme Series SSDs with Upgradeable Firmware
Posted 07/16/2009 at 10:47am
| by Paul Lilly
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It seems as though SSD manufacturers are increasingly taking aim at the performance market, and that's certainly the case with Corsair's new Extreme Series SSDs.
Available in 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB capacities, the Extreme Series X32, X64, and X128 boast read speeds of up to 240MB/s and write speeds of up to 170MB/s. All three drives also incorporate the Indilinx Barefoot controller and Samsung MLC NAND flash memory.
"The combination of the Indilinx Barefoot controller, Samsung flash memory, and 64MB of on-board cache delivers blistering, stutter-free performance, eliminating the bottleneck imposed by traditional mechanical hard disks," said Jim Carlton, VP of Marketing at Corsair.
In addition, Corsair says its Extreme Series also come with user-upgradeable firmware, which will later add features such as the upcoming TRIM command for Windows 7.
Corsair says the drives are available now, though we didn't spot any being sold at the usual online outlets. Suffice to say, no word on price.
Image Credit: Corsair via Slashgear
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Caboose
July 16, 2009 at 2:54pm
Ya, well I knew it 2 WEEKS ago! YOU must be slow!
Honestly, lighten up. You and everyone else that bitches about this kind of stuff. Maybe, just maybe, MPC doesn't spend all it's time trolling the internet looking for every possible news story and event to post the nano second it happens.
The performance of that drive... just imagine it in a RAID0. Holy crap that'd be fast. PC would have booted before I pushed the power button! Having 2.5" drives is nice, but I'd also like to see some more 3.5" drives too for us desktop users. Sure, I could use an adapter, but that'll add weight to my PC, and I dont know if a drive adapter would fit properly with how my HDD's mount in the case (Cooler Master Cosmos 1000)
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
Paul_Lilly
July 16, 2009 at 12:20pm
Looks like the press release originally came out a week ago, but didn't post to their site until today - http://www.corsair.com/news/pr_list.aspx
-Paul Lilly
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