MaximumPC: Toshiba Announces the HG6 Series of SSDs

[FlamingDefibs]

http://www.maximumpc.com/toshibas_hg6_series_solid_state_drives_arrive_19nm_nand_flash_memory

 

 

The HG6 series comes in different form factor options including 2.5-inch (7mm and 9.5mm heights) SATA 6Gbps, mSATA, and M.2 (both single-sided and double-sided) in capacities ranging from 60GB to 512GB, depending on form factor. What they all share in common are 19nm Toggle 2.0 multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory chips.

Performance is the same across the board -- up to 534MB/s sequential reads and up to 482MB/s sequential writes. They also boast enterprise class technology such as Toshiba's proprietary QSBC (Quadruple Swing-By Code) error correction code (ECC) to prevent data corruption caused by NAND wear.

 

 

These are being branded as Toshiba SSDs, despite the recent OCZ purchase. Drives are apparently going to be made under the OCZ brand regardless.

 

They will, according to a Toshiba press release (http://storage.toshiba.com/docs/default-source/press-releases/hg6_series_release.pdf?sfvrsn=0) begin shipping in March 2014.

[Phillyphries]

If they're cheaper then that's cool I guess. If not, well then...

[Scheer]

Awesome, we need more M.2 SSD's.

[Plasma]

this is exciting but im waiting to see what come out with SATA Express

[carolkarine]

I want terabyte halfheight msata ssds.