Is MSI Developing A SandForce-Based SSD?
More options are always a good thing, right? We hope so, because the sheer number of competitors jumping into SSDs is definitely starting to saturate the market. It looks like we could be seeing another new entrant before too long: MSI, a company known more for its mobos, graphics cards and gaming notebooks than its storage capabilities.
The news doesn't come courtesy of MSI's PR team, but rather from the hawk-eyed crew over at TechPowerUp, who were browsing through the partner list up on SandForce's website and come across the curious listing pictured above. The tidbit doesn't give too much away, other than the fact that MSI will have an SF-2000 controller-based SSD "coming soon," but it's interesting to see the information up on the SandForce website with nary a peep having been uttered by MSI itself.
TechPowerUp notes that a SandForce-based drive wouldn't be MSI's first foray into the SSD world; the company's new GT60 and GT70 notebooks optionally include third-party SSDs that utilize MSI's in-house Super RAID technology.