Zalman Kick Starts its SSD Lineup

[btarunr]

Zalman made its entry into the solid state drive (SSD) business by unveiling two lines of SATA SSDs in the 2.5 inch form factor. It includes the value-oriented S-series, and the performance-oriented N-series. Available in 32 GB, 64 GB, and 128 GB, the S-series models make use of a JMicron controller with up to 260 MB/s of read speeds, and 60 MB/s writes for the 32 GB model, 120 MB/s writes for the 64 GB one, and 210 MB/s for the 128 GB one. The Zalman S-series 32 GB, 64 GB, and 128 GB SSDs are expected to be priced at US $99, $149, and $249, respectively. These drives do support the TRIM function.

The N-series SSDs make use of a SandForce SF-12xx controller, with sequential read speeds of up to 280 MB/s and 270 MB/s writes, consistent for both the 64 GB and 128 GB models. The N-series 64 GB model is priced at $169, and 128 GB model at $289.



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[Disruptor4]

Nice speeds, just need bigger capacities!

 

[DanishDevil]

Wow, very bizarre of them to be delving into this market. I guess it's profitable enough for manufacturers that they were attracted to it.

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Wow, very bizarre of them to be delving into this market. I guess it's profitable enough for manufacturers that they were attracted to it.

I agree, but at the same time, their spshpeal is silent computing, and their really isn't anything quiter than an SSD, so it kind of makes sense I suppose, it's just I didn't see this comeing at all.

I wonder whom's OEM their using, my guess would be Samsung.

 

[rpsgc]

I agree, but at the same time, their spshpeal is borderline-quiet computing

Fixed it for ya. (saying anything from Zalman is silent is blasphemy)

 

[mechtech]

128GB sandforce drives?!?! Is that correct???

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Fixed it for ya. (saying anything from Zalman is silent is blasphemy)

Perhaps if you have the ears of a cat, I personally find their products to be silent and also given they had/have a range of passive solutions, um passive = 0db = absolute silence.

 

[Delta6326]

to much$$ call me when SSd's are like $1.10 per GB

 

[zads]

Wow this is an unexpected announcement..
Makes sense for silent computing I guess,
but they are no doubt getting these OEM'd from somewhere in Taiwan.

 

[moonlord]

"128 GB model at $289" a Crucial RealSSD C300 128 Gb is 289$ too, maybe if i receive a free Zalman cooler i'll buy one