512GB SSD Debuts

Super Talent, a new data storage start-up, has released a 512GB Solid-state drive (SSD) - allowing SSDs to compete directly with traditional hard drives.

There has always been one glaring reason not to switch to SSDs. Despite faster seek times, less battery usage and reliability there was always the issue of space. 1TB hard drives were readily available, but 128GB SSDs weren’t even on the horizon. Well, that’s all about to change thanks to the release of Super Talent’s MasterDrive RX range, which comes in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB flavors. Sequential read performance for the new range is rated at a maximum of around 230MB/s.

Don’t expect to be able to plug one into your PC or laptop soon though. The large-capacity SSDs are aimed at high-end data storage options. The 512GB version will force you to shell out around $1,500 per drive in a batch of 1,000. That’s roughly enough to buy 17 terabytes of data with a traditional HDD.

Looks like SSDs still need to overcome the price factor, but the capacity gap is getting smaller and smaller all the time.