SuperTalent have just brought out two new ranges of SSDs, the UltraDrive ME and LE. Both ranges come in a 2.5 inch form factor and with a SATA-II inter ideal for laptops. Here’s some more information about the units

* UltraDrive LE capacity range from 32 to 128 GB
* UltraDrive ME capacity range from 32 to 256 GB
* 69.85 x 100.20 x 9.50 mm
* LE sequential read speed of 230 MB/sec max and write speed of 170 MB/sec max
* ME sequential read speed of 200 MB/sec max and write speed of 160 MB/sec max
* 10 year data integrity

The LE series is primarily aimed at servers, video solutions and telecommunications, whilst the ME is aimed at the laptop and gaming markets. Of course both ranges offer the usual power, reliability and noise benefits of the humble SSD. NewEgg.com are already offering the UltraDrive ME starting at US$128 for the 32GB version and going up to US$645 for the 256GB big boy.

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The boffins over at SuperTalent have cranked out a 12.5 mm thick 2.5 inch form factor SSD with a capacity of 256 GB. With its SATA-I interface this little sucker will neatly slip into laptops sporting a HD chamber 12.5 mm wide - for those of us with a 9.5 mm wide slot, tough cookies. The drive intriguingly called FSD56GC25H sports the following bits and pieces

* 8 GB to 256 GB capacity options
* Sequential Read Rate of 65 MBps
* Sequential Write Rate of 50 MBps
* Handles shocks up to 1500G and vibrations at 16G
* Plays nicely with all OS

In another twist to this announcement the read and write speeds are nothing to write (forgive the pun) home about being outclassed by the InnoDisk SSD drive we mentioned recently which handles zeros and ones at 110 MBps and 90 MBps respectively. But of course the InnoDisk won’t slot into your laptop without the use of a large hammer.

Overall though we do take our hats off to SuperTalent, but with reservations - we’ll get really excited when they spit out a 2.5 inch drive that will fit all laptops, has super fast read/write speeds and oh yes won’t cost an arm and leg. This little sucker will set you back around US$6K - ouch! Just as well it’s only available to OEM manufacturers so the average Joe won’t be tempted.

Source: PRNewsWire

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So much for 64 GB SSDs from the likes of Micron and Samsung, Super Talent has just launched a couple of 256 GB SATA SSDs, the FSD56GC35M and SS56GA6C35I.

The latter unit boasts a superior operating temperature range, -40C to 85C, over the former, 0C to 70C which is the only difference Super Talent are talking about at the moment.

However the it’s the SATA interface that has won me over with these suckers, the ability to swap out those old 3.5 inch HDDs for these super-fast, super-quiet and super-cool units makes me reach for the cheque book - well almost :)

For the moment these suckers will only be available to OEM customers and of course there’s no news on the price tag, but I believe we are starting to see a revolution in the format on which we store our data.

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We all know there are a few issues with Windows Vista, it runs oh so slowly on a ‘standard’ PC, the startup time and it, well, just makes your PC look like a Mac ;)

Fear not, the guys at SuperTalent have come up with the Exelerator, a ReadyBoost drive for your Vista disabled enabled PC. Nothing new, eh? Well the Exelerator sits inside your PC. Yep, no nasty dangly bits hanging from your USB ports, this sucker hides away inside your PC case.

Whilst there it makes use of the Vista ReadyBoost feature which speeds up Vista by using the drive to cache some data rather than the sluggish hard drive.

Now Tom’s Hardware goes into greater detail on how ReadyBoost all hangs together and indeed on how to set up a USB 2.0 ReadyBoost capable drive on your PC. Over at Legit Reviews they too have a great article specifically on how to set up the Execlerator in your PC. However they conclude that unless you have a spare ReadyBoost capable drive lying around then you are better off installing more memory on your PC to get the best RAM bang for your buck.

For the record my USB 2.0 1 GB thumb drive is NOT ReadyBoost capable, which I find quite ironic as I bought it as part of a package when I bought my Vista-shackled laptop. Go figure.

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