Mushkin, Inc., an industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance and mission-critical computer products, today officially announced the worldwide launch of its new highly-anticipated enterprise-class ProSpec series solid-state drives.

"We have time after time demonstrated to PC enthusiasts how Mushkin's solid-state drive solutions can dramatically improve performance and reduce data transfer times, delivering levels of performance that have earned Mushkin its place as one of the top SSD manufacturers," said Brian Flood, Director, Product Management at Mushkin, Inc." With the ProSpec line of enterprise-class SSDs, we deliver a no compromise drive that provides high performance while enabling customers to reach new levels of data security and reliability. The result, a combination of performance and capacity that we believe represents a new paradigm shift for mission critical, enterprise storage."Designed for the enterprise environment, Mushkin's ProSpec SSDs deliver random read/write performance of 80K/42K IOPS and a sustained transfer rate of 560 MB/s, and are available in useable capacities ranging from 100 GB to 480 GB. Equipped with Mushkin's Power Safe Technology, ProSpec SSDs also provide enhanced power-loss data protection through hardware and firmware-based features that prepare the SSD for an unexpected system power loss.

Specifications:

• SandForce SF-2500 series SSD processor
• eMLC or MLC NAND flash
• SATA 3.0 (6 Gb/s) interface (backwards compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s and 1.5 Gb/s)
• 128-bit AES hardware encryption
• TRIM support (OS/driver support required)
• S.M.A.R.T. support
• Garbage Collection
• Wear leveling
• User-upgradeable firmware
• RoHS, FCC, CE
• 3-year limited warranty