Patriot going for Warp 1 on SSD

Patriot Memory Releases "Warp" Solid State Drives (SSD) up to 64GB

Patriot's Warp Solid State Drives (SSD) offer fast and reliable data storage solutions to consumers at an affordable price. These SSDs have read speeds of up-to 175 MBps and write speeds of 100 MBps. Two years warranty, and the 32GB will cost 199 EUR, 64GB for 249 EUR and the 128GB version is to be sold for 449 EUR.

Fremont, California, USA, July 15, 2008 - Patriot Memory, a global provider of premium quality memory module and flash memory solutions, today released their "Warp" Solid State Drives (SSD). Available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities, Patriot's Warp SSD's offer many benefits that are superior to traditional hard disk drives.

Built with NAND flash rather than traditional magnetic platters as the storage medium, Patriot's Warp SSD's offer faster read/write speeds, uses less power and are more rugged and reliable versus traditional HDD drives. In addition Warp's SSD offers Error Checking and Correction (ECC) as well as proprietary wear-leveling algorithms which ensure both data integrity and prolonged life of the SSD's.

"Solid state drives are the future of data storage," said Jay Meng, Flash Product Manager for Patriot Memory. "With so many advantages over traditional HDD's, Patriot's Warp SSD's will undoubtedly become the mobile professionals and enthusiasts first choice for data storage."