Ridata Announces Low Cost Line of SSDs

@ 2008/07/16
The line of SSDs is called the Ridata Ultra-S Plus series and will be available in 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB capacities. The drives have a mean time between failure of 4,000,000 hours and data integrity is enhanced with static wear leveling and Reed-Solomon ECC. Ridata says that SMART features work to provide a write endurance cycle of up to 1,000,000 times depending on the drive capacity.

The Ridata SSDs connect to notebooks and PCs via a traditional SATA connection. Power consumption is quoted at 5 watts and the drives are resistant to shock and vibration. The line of drives will be available in late July and according to Engadget, the 32GB SSD will sell for $169.90, the 64GB for $294.90, and the 128GB will sell for $537.90.

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