SSD pioneers such as BiTMICRO Networks and MemTech have marketed solid state disks to the military and industrial markets since the mid-1990s. Afterwards, the enterprise sector also realized the benefits of using SSDs as cache for storage networks and began deploying SSDs in their systems.
SSDs have been appearing in ultra mobile PCs and a few light weight laptop systems, adding a US$ 200 to $800 premium to the systems, depending on the capacity, form factor and transfer speeds. Only a handful of companies offer large (64 GB or larger) SSD drives with write speeds adequate for replacing traditional drives, but these drives are available in limited quantities and are very expensive. Already Sandisk has begun shipping an affordable, fast, energy efficient drive priced at $350 to computer manufacturers. For low-end applications, a USB memory stick may be used as a Flash hard drive for around $10-$100, depending on capacity, or a CompactFlash card may be paired with a CF-to-IDE or CF-to-SATA converter at a similar cost. Either of these requires that write cycle endurance issues be managed, either by not storing frequently written files on the drive, or by using a Flash file system.
BiTMICRO launches flash memory-based solid state disks on January 7, 1999.[5
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Mtron announces the fastest flash memory solid state disk, performing 100MB/s Read, 80MB/s Write, 72,000 Max IOPS.[December 2005] [6]
[image : The Mtron SSD Read: 100MB/s Write: 80MB/s, 76,000 sequential / 16,000 random Max IOPS with less than 0.1ms access time]
SSDs have been appearing in ultra mobile PCs and a few light weight laptop systems, adding a US$ 200 to $800 premium to the systems, depending on the capacity, form factor and transfer speeds. Only a handful of companies offer large (64 GB or larger) SSD drives with write speeds adequate for replacing traditional drives, but these drives are available in limited quantities and are very expensive. Already Sandisk has begun shipping an affordable, fast, energy efficient drive priced at $350 to computer manufacturers. For low-end applications, a USB memory stick may be used as a Flash hard drive for around $10-$100, depending on capacity, or a CompactFlash card may be paired with a CF-to-IDE or CF-to-SATA converter at a similar cost. Either of these requires that write cycle endurance issues be managed, either by not storing frequently written files on the drive, or by using a Flash file system.
BiTMICRO launches flash memory-based solid state disks on January 7, 1999.[5
]Mtron announces the fastest flash memory solid state disk, performing 100MB/s Read, 80MB/s Write, 72,000 Max IOPS.[December 2005] [6]
[image : The Mtron SSD Read: 100MB/s Write: 80MB/s, 76,000 sequential / 16,000 random Max IOPS with less than 0.1ms access time]
Hyperdrive (storage) release the rev.4 designed to use 8 standard DDR ECC Registered memory modules on a native SATA and IDE interface. February 2007[7]
Adtron announced a 160 GB SATA SSD on February 20, 2007.[8]
Sandisk released a 32GB 2.5-inch solid state drive on March 13, 2007. The SSD SATA 5000 is being sold to computer manufacturers for $350. Sandisk has also released a 32GB 1.8-inch solid state drive on January 4, 2007.
Samsung has upped the capacity of its flash-based SSD line to 64GB on March 27, 2007.[9]
Super Talent Technology announced a 3.5-inch 128 GB Solid State Drive in April 2007.[10]
Dell has begun shipping ultra-portable laptops with Sandisk SSDs on April 26, 2007.[11]
Lexar ExpressCard SSD is shipping in 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB capacities. May 2007[12]
Power Quotient International (PQI) Announces 256GB SSD on 28 May 2007.[13]
Taiwanese A-DATA introduced at the Las Vegas CES 2007 SSD drives at capacities of 32GB, 64GB (1.8" model) and 128GB (2.5" model).[14] It is expected to be commercially available by mid-2007.[15]
SimpleTech has announced a 64GB SSD that is only 9.5mm thick, half the size of competing SSDs. On April 18, 2007 SimpleTech announced 256GB capacity enterprise level drives available immediately and 512GB capacity drives available late 2007.[16][17]
Sandisk announces 64GB SSDs of 1.8 UATA 5000 and 2.5 SATA 5000 on June 4, 2007[18]
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