AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced a new technology partnership with OCZ Storage Solutions A Toshiba Group Company, for AMD Radeon-branded Solid State Drives (SSDs). Starting today, users can purchase the AMD Radeon R7 Series SSDs in 120GB, 240GB or 480GB capacities from their favorite online retailers.

The AMD Radeon R7 Series SSDs are an excellent choice for gamers looking to upgrade their systems overall responsiveness with an economical solution that puts performance and reliability front and center.

The AMD Radeon brand is synonymous with performance and quality amongst PC gamers, said Roman Kyrychynskyi, director of memory, AMD. With the new AMD Radeon R7 Series SSDs powered by outstanding OCZ Storage Solutions IP, we bring that reputation to the SSD market with a series of drives that offer an ideal combination of performance, reliability and affordabilitygreat for gamers building or upgrading a rig.

AMD Radeon R7 Series SSDs are a unique solution in the OCZ Storage Solutions portfolio. As the first high performance SSDs to utilize the Toshiba Groups latest A19 MLC NAND flash process and the proven Barefoot 3 M00 controller, the AMD Radeon R7 Series disks offer exemplary write endurance of 30GB/day, as well as read/write speeds of up to 550MB/s and 530MB/s, respectively. This exclusive combination of hardware also features a special anodized black housing, characteristic of the AMD Radeon brand.

The new AMD Radeon R7 Series SSDs are built using state of the art flash and controller technology from Toshiba and OCZ, said Alex Mei, chief marketing officer, OCZ Storage Solutions. By combining this proprietary technology with cost-efficient price points, we can deliver a tremendous value to gamers seeking the ultimate balance of performance and endurance for the complete gamut of their desktop and mobile gaming applications.

AMD Radeon R7 Series SSDs represent the next stage of AMDs strategy to be a one-stop shop for consumers, with a portfolio of high-performance solutions that now includes: AMD Radeon graphics cards, AMD FX processors, AMD Accelerated Processing Units, AMD Radeon memory, processor chipsets, and more. The addition of a solid state drive makes it easier than ever for a customer to outfit their system with like-branded components both for peace of mind and reliability.

AMD Radeon R7 Series SSDs will be available at a starting price of $99.99 USD for the 120GB drive, and specifications for all models are as follows:

AMD Radeon R7 Solid State Drives
	120GB	240GB	480GB
Seq. Read1	550 MB/s	550 MB/s	550 MB/s
Seq. Write1	470 MB/s	530 MB/s	530 MB/s
Max Random Read IOPS2 (4K QD32)	85,000	95,000	100,000
Max Random Write IOPS2 (4K QD32)	90,000	90,000	90,000
Steady-State Random3 Write IOPS (4K QD32)	12,000	20,000	23,000

About OCZ Storage Solutions

OCZ Storage Solutions a Toshiba Group Company is a leading provider of high performance client and enterprise solid-state storage products and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. Offering a complete spectrum of solid-state drives (SSDs), OCZ Storage Solutions leverages proprietary technology to provide SSDs in a variety of form factors and interfaces to address a wide range of applications. Having internally developed firmware and controllers, virtualization, cache and acceleration software, and endurance extending and data reliability technologies, the Company delivers vertically integrated solutions enabling transformational approaches to how digital data is captured, stored, accessed, analyzed and leveraged by customers. More information is available at www.ocz.com.

About AMD

AMD (NYSE: AMD) designs and integrates technology that powers millions of intelligent devices, including personal computers, tablets, game consoles and cloud servers that define the new era of surround computing. AMD solutions enable people everywhere to realize the full potential of their favorite devices and applications to push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information, visit www.amd.com.