Toshiba to Launch 512GB SSD

Toshiba have introduced a great 2.5″ SSD drive. It is the industry’s first 512GB SSD named the THNS512GG8B and it will be on display at CES in 2009 (which is about 2 weeks away).

This SSD is NAND-flash-based and has a huge amount of storage space available. It’s simply incredible that so much data can be stored on a solid state device.

“The solid state drive market is evolving rapidly, with higher performance drives to meet market requirements, and differentiated product families targeted for appropriate applications,” said Mr. Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Vice President of Toshiba Corporation’s Semiconductor Company. “This new 43nm SSD family balances value/performance characteristics for its targeted consumer applications, through use of MLC NAND and an advanced controller architecture.”

Unfortunately there are no prices available just yet for this beast, but expect a launch early next year with a scary price tag. The good news with SSD’s though is that they are often dropping in price as even larger capacity versions become available.

Via: TechFresh and Akihabara