Fixstars Releases World’s Largest SSD 13TB Packed In 2.5" Body
Fixstars, based in Japan, has announced a monster SSD-13000M priced at USD 13,000 or you can say around 1$ per gigabyte. The 13 TB in 2.5†solid state drive saves considerable space and power ensuring a constant read/write speed without frame dropping. Using flash memory for small-scale mobile devices the SATA 2.5″ SSD - normally intended for gigabyte class storage - it was successfully adapted by the firm to hold very large capacities of up to an impressive 13TB. It has sequential read speeds of 580MBps and write speeds of up to 520MBps.
The Fixstars 13TB SSD is based on NAND flash (15nm MLC) from Toshiba, needing fewer drives than before and efficiently meeting the sequential data transfer needs of enterprise users. High performance for uncompressed data such as images, video, and text data can be achieved with its applications ranging from Video and broadcasting equipment, medical imaging devices to embedded systems, Big Data Analysis and Communications systems.
The risk of damage to the SSD is kept at a minimum thanks to an efficient system for controlling the heat generated by each flash chip. High Durability Mode (pSLC mode) allows an increase in durability by three times or more compared to normal operation. While the current SSD’s come with a 6-8 TB of storage capacities, this new SSD more than doubles that capacity successfully. It can hold over 1900 hours of broadcast-quality HD video, or about 4.3 hours of uncompressed 4K video running at 60 fps. Weighing 160g the drive will be sold directly by Fixstars (shipping mostly by end of February), with no online retail stores or sites having its availability.
Fixstars have also announced a 10 TB (10000M SSD) alongside this one, with 6TB and 3TB SSD’s already available in its range. The SSD offers stable sequential access to large amounts of data with performance deterioration being prevented by its design.
With this, SSDs possessing mammoth capacities seem finally to be a reality, only the prices still remain the Achilles heel.
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The risk of damage to the SSD is kept at a minimum thanks to an efficient system for controlling the heat generated by each flash chip. High Durability Mode (pSLC mode) allows an increase in durability by three times or more compared to normal operation. While the current SSD’s come with a 6-8 TB of storage capacities, this new SSD more than doubles that capacity successfully. It can hold over 1900 hours of broadcast-quality HD video, or about 4.3 hours of uncompressed 4K video running at 60 fps. Weighing 160g the drive will be sold directly by Fixstars (shipping mostly by end of February), with no online retail stores or sites having its availability.
Fixstars have also announced a 10 TB (10000M SSD) alongside this one, with 6TB and 3TB SSD’s already available in its range. The SSD offers stable sequential access to large amounts of data with performance deterioration being prevented by its design.
With this, SSDs possessing mammoth capacities seem finally to be a reality, only the prices still remain the Achilles heel.
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