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Old August 19, 2010, 10:29 AM
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G.Skill International Co. Ltd., manufacturer of extreme performance memory and solid-state storage with solid quality, has today added three new capacities to its ultra-high performance Phoenix Pro series SSD, including 40GB, 80GB and 160GB models.

Based on the popular SandForceSF-1200SSD controller that has been tuned to deliver an unparalleled ... [ Read full article ]
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Old August 19, 2010, 11:01 AM
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"4k random write speed up to 50,000 IOPS"

Sounds like G.Skill has paid for the "full speed" / non hobbled firmware! About time! Hope it comes with the same high end NAND the non pro does....if so it could be a Vertex 2 "killer" and be THE SF drive against all others are measured. Wonder what OCZ's response to it will be.

Sounds like good times are in store for consumers.
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will we see these as sata III or II?
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SF1200 is a Sata rev 2 controller so no Sata 6gb/s for these drives.
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