Galaxy Intros Laser GT Series SSDs

Well, I guess the NVIDIA graphics card vendor is seeking new revenue opportunities.

Galaxy unleashes its Laser GT series consumer SSDs. Built in the common 2.5-inch SATA form-factor these drives use the SATA 6 Gb/s interface, and are driven by SandForce SF-2281 SSD controllers.

The 120GB version drive offers maximum sequential transfer speeds of 550 MB/s (read), and 500 MB/s (write), with 4K random performance of 30,000 IOPS reads, and 41,000 IOPS writes. The MLC NAND based SSD has with 5,000 rewrite cycle life. The 120 GB Laser GT variant is priced at roughly 220 USD.