New Actor in SSDs: Mushkin
2.5-inch SATA/USB MLC units from 32GB to 256GB
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on March 17, 2009 at 3:40 pmHeadquartered in Englewood, CO, Mushkin, Inc., manufacturer for hgh performance nomputer announces the availability of his first SSD-series called Europe. The capacities are 32, 64, 128, 192 and 256GB in an aluminium housing and captivating with aggressive pricing.
“Once, Zeus felt in love with the beautiful Europe, now, every speed enthusiast can do the same.” smiles Steffen Eisenstein, CEO of Mushkin Logistic GmbH and looks on the aluminium dressed SSDs. With 150MB/s read and 90MB/s there is a convenient working guaranteed, no stuttering in games for loading, no vibration in your case and no annoying clicking for reading and writing. Due to the integrated Mini-USB 2.0 connector, you can also use the new SSD as an external storage without additional power supply.
The SSDs will be delivered in an exclusive aluminium packing and protected with a 3 year warranty.
Technical specs:
- Series: Europa
- Format: 2.5”
- Interface: S-ATA II + USB 2.0 mini
- NAND-type: MLC
- Capacity: 32/64/128/92/256 GB
- Read: 150MB/s
- Write: 90MB/s
- Consumption: ~ 0.5 Watt
- Housing: Aluminium
- Availability: out now
Comments
We have counted now 52 companies manufacturing SSDs in the world. More are probably to come but all of them will not survive.
There is currently only six HDD manufacturers remaining on the market but around 200 of them try to enter in this sector.