14 DAY TRIAL // OCZ may have had some SSD problems, what with all the issues surrounding the transition to 25nm chips, but it didn't let it affect it, hence the release of the newest Vertex series of solid state drives.
SandForce has already been praised, several times, for the high performance of its solid state drive controllers.
Of course, seeing as how interface technologies have evolved, the company saw fit to develop a batch of SF chips capable of dealing with the SATA 6.0 Gbps standard (SF-2000 series).
OCZ decided to make sure its collection of drives always includes a nice chunk of such fast SSDs, so it issued a press release dealing with the Vertex 3 and Vertex 3 Pro.
They use MLC (multi-level cell) NAND Flash memory chips built on the 25nm manufacturing process and use the same old 2.5-inch form factor.
Their SF-2200 (SF-2500 for Vertex 3 Pro) chips allow for reading data at up to 550 MB/s, while writing tasks are done at 500 MB/s.
The Vertex 3 is aimed at consumers and includes models with capacities of 120 GB and 240 GB, while the Vertex 3 Pro models are in 100 GB, 200 GB and 400 GB.
In tune with these speeds, the 4k random write performance is of up to 60,000 IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second). Needless to say, TRIM is supported.
"The new Vertex 3 solid state drive series builds on the success of our previous two generations of products and delivers exceptional performance by utilizing fast synchronous mode 2Xnm MLC NAND flash technology," said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology Group.
"These storage solutions feature both the highest sequential speeds available with a SATA 6GBps SSD and the highest IOPS of any current 2.5 inch SSD on the market today, allowing us to once again set the benchmark for industry leading SSD performance and reliability."
The press release gave no prices but did say the units would be on display at CeBIT 2011.