Toshiba released new SSD Drive.

At a whopping 512Gb it is the world largest capacity of Flash based NAND modules drive.

As one of the first companies to enter the solid state drive market with a family of products based on multi-level cell (MLC) NAND technology, Toshiba has announced the industry's first 2.5-inch MLC 512GB solid state drive (SSD) based on 43-nanometer (nm) technology. In addition to the 2.5-inch, 512GB drive, the 43nm NAND SSD family also includes capacities of 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB, offered in 1.8-inch or 2.5-inch drive enclosures or as SSD Flash Modules.

Compared to hard disk drives (HDDs), SSDs realize faster boot time, higher reliability, improved performance and no mechanical sound. Toshiba's new SSDs utilize an advanced MLC controller that achieves higher read/write speeds, parallel data transfers and wear-leveling to optimize performance, reliability and endurance. The drives enable improved system responsiveness with a maximum sequential read speed of 230MB per second (MBps)² and maximum sequential write speed of 180MBps enabling an improvement in overall computing experience, and faster boot and application loading times. The drives also offer AES data encryption to prevent unauthorized data access.

Performance Advantages of SSDs
Over Hard Disk Drives

• Faster boot time
• Improved performance
• Higher IOPS
• Fast random read and random write
• Quieter operation (no mechanical sound)
• Higher reliability
• Low power consumption
• Withstands greater shock and vibration
• Reduced weight