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PQI Announces 256GB SSD

31 May, 2007, 2:22 pm IST | by Gaurav Seth | Storage

Power Quotient International Co., Ltd. (PQI) officially announced high speed 226X Industrial CF Turbo+ card, 256GB SSD Turbo+, 32GB PCI-E SSD and 1.8” 32GB ZIF – SSD storage mediums. The high speed 226X Industrial CF card Turbo+ is available with a maximum capacity of 16GB and a transfer rate of 38MB/sec.


Bob Chu, PQI DiskOnModule Manager said that with the growing popularity of flash-based hard drives due to their shock proof, high stability and low power consumption properties, SSDs have made their debut in PCs from some of the most renowned manufacturers, replacing traditional hard drives. Apart from the advantages described, SSDs also have longer average data storage time of 10 years and faster seek times compare to traditional hard drive read / write heads. PQI expects SSD to become the hard drive of the future and in 2008, SSD may replace up to 30% of traditional hard drive market.

PQI's 256GB SSD Turbo+ features transfer rates of up to 60MB/sec, PCI-E SSD is dedicated to notebooks in the form of a removable storage medium and 1.8” 32GB ZIF interface SSD is a rare but effective industrial storage option.

Tags: PQI , SSD , SATA

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