Release of SSD Velox V70 with SATA III Interface from Silicon Power

Silicon Power, an established manufacturer of flash memory and solid-state drives, has announced the release of its 'fresh' SSD, codenamed Velox V70. The new series is developed in 2.5-inch form factor and based on SandForce SF-2281 controllers from LSI. According to the words of the company's press service, these SSDs are designated for the installation into desktop PCs, as well as laptops. The Velox V70 series includes models of 60, 120, 240, and 480 GB volume capacity.

Velox V70 casing is made of gold-color aluminum and goes in 100x69.9x9.4 mm dimensions. Connection to the PC is realized due to the integrated SATA 3.0 interface. This series is known to support TRIM (which is called to prolong the product's durability and optimize performance) and NCQ options, and employs Error Correction Code (ECC) technology for the efficient monitoring over the transmitted data and timely correction of errors. Silicon Power SSDs are capable to demonstrate heightened performance characteristics of up to 86000 IOPs in writing mode (4Kb). In general, these drives can achieve the speed index of 507/557 Mb/sec on writing and reading operations correspondingly.

All other specifications of Velox V70 can be listed as following:
— employment of Wear Leveling, and Garbage Collection technologies;
— support of DuraWrite technology which ensures stability of operating speed;
— availability of 3.5-inch adapter bracket for the installation into the 3.5-inch drive bay of desktop PC;
— support of SATA 3.0 6 Gb/sec; backwards compatibility with SATA 2 3 b/sec;
— characterized by vibration-proof facilities, as well as, by low power consumption and practically noiseless work.