Toshiba Preps New VX500 Series of Solid-State Drives

Toshiba America Electronic Components is glad to present a new series of SSDs, developed under OCZ brand. The VX500 models are targeting mainstream desktops & laptops, offering the most comprehensive storage solutions. The drives are designed in a standard 2.5-inch form-factor with SATA 6 Gb/sec interface. Solidity is backed by a 5-year’s limited warranty.

OCZ VX500 SSDs are based on Toshiba MLC chips (15 nm) which are characterized by a more conspicuous reliability than TLC chips. Hence, the items are an optimal tool for content creation, writing & reading info, downloading files, etc. The drives also employ Toshiba TC358790 controller.

The VX500 series is introduced by four models of different capacities: 128 GB, 256 GB. 512 GB & 1 TB. Their top power consumption index equals to 3.4 W. As far as performance specifications are concerned, the models feature the following data transfer showings:
— OCZ VX500 128 GB: sequential Read speed – 550 MB/sec, sequential Write speed – 485 MB/sec, random Read speed – 62.000 IOPS, random Write speed – 49.000 IOPS, TBW – 74 TB;
— OCZ VX500 256 GB: sequential Read speed – 550 MB/sec, sequential Write speed – 510 MB/sec, random Read speed – 90.000 IOPS, random Write speed – 58.000 IOPS, TBW – 148 TB;
— OCZ VX500 512 GB: sequential Read speed – 550 MB/sec, sequential Write speed – 515 MB/sec, random Read speed – 92.000 IOPS, random Write speed – 64.000 IOPS, TBW – 296 TB;
— OCZ VX500 1 TB (1024 GB): sequential Read speed – 550 MB/sec, sequential Write speed – 515 MB/sec, random Read speed – 92.000 IOPS, random Write speed – 65.000 IOPS, TBW – 592 TB.