Seagate unleashes first consumer SSD

Seagate Technology today announced its new portfolio of solid-state drives (SSDs)—including its first consumer model for laptops—and a new PCIe flash card.

The new 2.5-inch drive series includes the consumer-class Seagate 600 SSD, the 600 Pro SSD, the 1200 SSD, and the new X8 Accelerator, a PCIe flash memory card from Seagate’s partnership with Virident Technology. The new PCIe card offers all the key storage interfaces including SATA and SAS.

“By adding more SSDs to our family of hard disk and solid-state hybrid drives, we now have the broadest portfolio of storage products in the industry, delivering one-stop shopping for our customers and partners,” said Gary Gentry, general manager of Seagate’s SSD business. “And we’re just getting started. Seagate is committed to becoming a premier supplier of both [SSD] and storage-class memory products.”

Seagate calls its 600 SSD “the ultimate laptop upgrade,” delivering nearly four times faster boot speeds over standard hard disk drives, shorter application load times and improved system responsiveness. The drive has the latest 6Gbps SATA interface.

“SSDs continue to be among the most popular product categories on Newegg.com as more consumers increasingly turn to them to deliver more speed, faster boot up times and superior performance,” said Patrick Chung, vice president of global product management at Newegg. “Seagate’s new line of SSDs, including the new 600 SSD, will be a great addition to our existing assortment. We’re excited to introduce the new SSDs to our customers and look forward to continuing our strategic partnership with Seagate.”

:story: PCWorld