Western Digital Announces SiliconEdge Blue SSDs
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:57 pmWestern Digital has announced its first consumer-oriented solid state drive, the SiliconEdge Blue. Looking at the reviews on the web, its got a ways to go in regards to performance. They're also too expensive IMO.
http://www.cdrlabs.com/News/western-dig ... rives.html
Reviews:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/WD-Sili ... SD-Review/
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1233/1/
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=878
http://www.cdrlabs.com/News/western-dig ... rives.html
WD today announced that the company is shipping its first consumer-oriented solid state drive (SSD) with the new WD SiliconEdge™ 2.5-inch SSD family. WD SiliconEdge Blue™ SSDs offer fast read/write speeds and high SSD capacities, making them an ideal storage solution for read-intensive applications requiring high performance and plug-and-play compatibility.
WD SiliconEdge Blue SSDs, in capacities up to 256 gigabytes (GB), feature a native SATA 3.0 gigabits per second (Gb/s) interface with read speeds up to 250 megabytes per second (MB/s) and write transfer rates up to 170 MB/s. Fast and rugged, WD SiliconEdge Blue SSDs accelerate application performance and deliver maximum tolerance for drops, shock and vibration along with silent and low-power operation.
Reviews:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/WD-Sili ... SD-Review/
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1233/1/
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=878