Mushkin Europa III SSDs with Samsung controller

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/14/2009 07:33 PM | source: | 0 comment(s)

Mushkin has introduced the Europa III solid state disk series, the first model features 250GB MLC flash memory and uses the Samsung S3C29RBB SSD controller. This SSD promises read speeds of up to 220MB/s and write speeds of up to 200MB/s. Pricing and availability is unknown.

This 250 GB SSD is of the standard 2.5 inch form-factor, it uses the standard SATA II interface. The drive maintains a low power draw of 0.15W when idling, and 0.25W when active. It has its MTBF rated at one million hours. The drive comes packed in a fancy aluminum case.

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