14 DAY TRIAL // Since sometimes computers are forced to operate in some of the harshest environments known to man, Super Talent has just released a special line of solid state drives that were designed to withstand temperatures that would cause normal SSDs to fail.
Super Talent's new line of SSDs is called the DuraDrive AT3 and the company guarantees that these can operate in temperatures ranging from -40 to +85 degrees Celsius, compared to the 0-70 C range or regular solid drive.
This makes them well suited for all sorts of special applications, including in-vehicle infotainment systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, or manufacturing environments, to name just a few of their uses.
At the heart of the DuraDrive AT3 drives stands an unnamed industrial controller, that Super Talent claims it sports low write amplification and 2-way wear-leveling, in order to increase the drive's longevity and its performance.
The controller can be paired together with 32, 68, 128 or 256 GB of MLC (multi-level cell) NAND Flash memory and is seconded by a 128MB DRAM cache.
Its performance varies according to the size of the SSD, but the largest drives are capable of reaching sequential read speeds of 250MB/s, while the maximum write speeds are rated at 170MB/s.
"No matter how you plan to integrate this drive into your system, the DuraDrive is designed to be reliable under the toughest climates," said Michael Shin, VP of Engineering.
"And with the performance is excellent. This drive reaches speeds of 250MB/s Reads and 170MB/s Writes," concluded the company's official.
All Super Talent DuraDrive AT3 come in the 2.5-inch form factor and feature a SATA II (3Gbps) interface.
No information regarding the release date, or pricing, or the drives was disclosed by the company.