Micron Technology has introduced new RealSSD solid state drive (SSD) products based on the latest 25nm NAND flash memory technology. The new C400 series drives are available in 1.8- and 2.5-inch form factors with storage capacities ranging from 128GB to 512GB. The C400V value line will include a 64MB capacity.
Micron Technology has introduced new RealSSD solid state drive (SSD) products based on the latest 25nm NAND flash memory technology. The new C400 series drives are available in 1.8- and 2.5-inch form factors with storage capacities ranging from 128GB to 512GB. The C400V value line will include a 64MB capacity.
Micron says the C400 drives have 17 percent faster read speeds than their C300 predecessors (up to 415MB/s). Write speeds vary by drive capacity (64GB – 95MB/s, 128GB – 175 MB/s, 256GB and 512GB – 260MB/s); the 512GB drive is up to 20 percent faster than the fastest C300 at 260MB/s. All of the new RealSSD drives feature SATA 6.0Gbp/s interfaces.
The SSDs are relatively power-friendly too, the 64GB C400V sips 2.3W while active. The C400 drives post 3W, 3.5W and 4.9W respectively.
The C400 series is sampling now; mass production is expected to begin in February. Crucial, a division of Micron, will be selling the drives as the Crucial m4 SSD series; they are expected to be available at crucial.com in Q1 2011.
Update 5/12/2011 – Crucial m4 Review Posted
