PRESS RELEASE
Eindhoven, February 27, 2013 - Plextor (www.plextor.com), leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media and storage equipment, announces plans for a TLC based Solid State Drive solution at CeBIT 2013. Next to this Plextor will be demonstrating the building blocks of Plextor's perfectly balanced SSD products in its showcase in the Business Center (Hall 17, C44) and by joining other Exhibitors demonstrating their solutions.
This announcement comes on the heels of the CES Show in Las Vegas of last month where Plextor announced several new SSD solutions for 2013:
- M5M mSATA 6Gb/s SSD Solid State Drive
- M.2 (NGFF) Solid State Drive
- Enterprise Solid State Drive Solutions
At the upcoming CeBIT show, Plextor adds a new 2.5" TLC based SSD to this line up. Combined with Plextor's own firmware, the new TLC solution will feature sustained random read / write speeds up to 80,000 / 72,000 IOPS as well as continuous read / write speeds up to 540 / 465 Mb/s. The drive will use the latest 3rd generation Marvell® 88SS9187 controller and TLC NAND flash from Toshiba. The new TLC solution will also feature Plextor's renowned TrueSpeed Technology to prevent drastic performance drop after intense or long-term usage. The new TLC solution is expected to launch in the second half of 2013 in capacities: 128 GB, 256 GB, and 512 GB. More details on features, availability, and pricing will be announced at a later stage.
This year's edition of CeBIT will also mark the start of a new European communication theme: "Driven by Perfect Balance", emphasizing the perfect balance of Plextor's SSD solutions between performance and reliability. For this reason Plextor will be joining forces with other exhibitors this year:
1. ASrock Overclocking Show (Hall 17, D32): ASrock will organize a daily Overclocking event at their booth featuring World's top Overclockers. Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme drives will be used in various attempts to set new Overclocking records.
2. Silverstone NUC Solutions (Hall 14, K21): Silverstone showcases its new range of NUC barebones and has chosen Plextor M5M mSATA SSD solution for its superior performance to demonstrate the capabilities of Intel's new platform.
3. Promise Pegasus J4 Thunderbolt Storage solution (Hall 2, B54): Promise Technology is demonstrating a prototype of Pegasus J4 semi-professional Thunderbolt storage solution equipping 4x M5 Pro Xtreme SSDs at their booth. Promise recently qualified Plextor to deliver SSDs for their Pegasus J2 solution proving that Plextor SSDs are well fitted to work with Mac based solutions.
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