Other World Computing announced today the Mercury Viper Solid State Drive, the next generation of high performance OWC Mercury brand SSDs. Designed for professional users and gamers that require uncompromised workflow performance, Mercury Viper is the industry’s fastest 3.5 inch 6G Solid State Drive with speeds that nearly eclipse the fastest internal data interface — SATA 3.0 6Gb/s — offered in today’s Mac and PC computers. OWC will highlight the Mercury Viper along with its broad line of award-winning SSDs in its booth #5812 in the LVCC North Hall during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which begins Tuesday in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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In addition to offering data rate performance up to 600MB/s, the Mercury Viper is available in capacities from 240GB to a massive 2TB (1920GB) to handle any user’s data storage needs. Pricing and shipping dates for the Mercury Viper SSD models will be announced in the next sixty days.

“The introduction of the Mercury Viper spotlights OWC’s continued leadership role in the evolution of Solid State Drives,” said Larry O’Connor, Founder and CEO, Other World Computing. “Offering up to 600MB/s speed and capacity up to 2.0TB, Viper truly is a performance beast that will more than satisfy the most demanding Mac and PC user who seeking nothing but the best.”