Eleven months. This time it took to wait between the announcement by Toshiba's first SSD with 512 GB capacity and its actual availability. In December 2008, the firm Nippon talk yet of a mass production in the second quarter of 2009. In his declination SuperTalent flash disk that appears today in stores. This UltraDrive DX will therefore speed of 230 MB / s sequential read and 180MB / s write, always sequential.

It has 128 MB of cache, and 512 GB of flash memory are obviously MLC type. Everything is in a format typically 2 ½ inches (100x69, 85x9, 5 mm) which is therefore the first SSD. If other flash drives are actually available with 512 GB capacity or more, they do not meet the standard 2.5-inch format.

For this innovation, it will cost 179 800 yen, or about 1539 euros, all taxes included. This gives us a value of about € 3 to Go This capacity of 512 GB SSD dangerously close to the HDD, which capped at 640 GB with standard thickness (9.5 mm) and 750 GB 12.5 mm. An important step has thus been reached. Next, bring the large capacity at prices more reasonable ... Expected for this with Intel's X25-M 320GB.