Runcore Announces World’s First SATAIII 6Gb/s mSATA SSD
RunCore released three mSATA form-factor solid-state drives (SSDs) today that are making some buzz around the web. The flagship drive is the RunCore T50 and the company claims that it is the World’s first SATA III 6Gbps mSATA SSDs! The RunCore T50 mSATA is based on the SandForce SF-2281 controller and offers sequential transfer rates of up to 550 MB/s for reads and 470 MB/s for writes. The maximum I/O performance of 60,000 4 KB random write IOPS and 35,000 random read IOPS are very impressive for a drive of this size. The RunCore T50 mSATA SSD series is available in 30GB, 60GB ($198), and 120GB ($358). capacities with a 3-year warranty. The other drives are SATA II 3Gbps speed rated and are the mid-range I50 and entry-level Lite series.
RunCoresI50 mSATA delivers sequential transfer rates of up to 280 MB/s for read and 270 MB/s for write operations as well as a maximum I/O performance of 45,000 4 KB random write IOPS and 30,000 random read IOPS. This product targets tablets and light laptop compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s. The RunCore Lite mSATA is based on the SMI controller, which is especially designed for OEM applications at reasonable cost: 16GB is priced at $28 while the 32GB model costs$38. They can be used for netbooks, MIDs, tablets and other similar products.
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