Posted on 08/06/2013 11:52:46 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Enter the KingSpec Multicore MC1S81M2T, a 2TB PCI-Express SSD costing a mere three-and-a-half grand.
KingSpec Multicore MC1S81M2T 2TB PCI-E SSD
KingSpec may be a new name to a lot of people, but it has been producing flash-based drives since 2005. It is only recently that its products been available to buy in the UK, though.
Available by special order only from UK distributors Quiet PC, the MC1S81M2T is KingSpecs current flagship from the PCI-E SSD range which also includes 1TB and 500GB versions for a good deal less.
This SSD is a monster of a card with eight of the company's 240GB mSATA drives (each drive using 25nm MLC NAND) bolted on to a PCB and then built into a RAID 0 array to deliver its 2TB capacity.
Each of the drives features a dedicated LSI SandForce SF2281 controller and the whole shooting match is controlled by a LSI SAS2008 SAS controller (6Gbps SAS/SATA, 8x PCI-E interface).
So, to recap, thats eight LSI SandForce controllers feeding a SAS controller going through an 8x PCI-E slot on the motherboard, all of which gives the MC1S81M2T some pretty astonishing headline speeds.
(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.co.uk ...
fyi
Wait three years - it’ll be down to $125 or so ....
and all one on chip
on one chip ....
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