Slowly, but surely, SSDs are getting into the mainstream. The good old hard disk drives we used in the past decades may still hang around for a few years, but their end is coming closer and closer with each new price drop for SSDs. Anyway, today I don't have news about any price drop, but there's something that may lead to such a thing - new SSDs coming from Super Talent!


What's new? Well, the new drives deliver higher performance than current models, and they are available in capacities up to 120GB. According to Joe James, Super Talent's marketing director, "These new SSDs are a rugged, lightning fast, low power storage alternative for mobile professionals and enthusiasts. With such overwhelming benefits, MasterDrive SSDs are sure to revolutionize mobile storage."

Despite the fact they are not the fastest drives on the market, the Super Talent MasterDrive MX, based on multi-level cell [MLC] NAND flash memory and MasterDrive DX, based on single-level cell [SLC] NAND flash memory provide very good performance, with 120MB/s read speed and 40MB/s or 70MB/s write speed depending on the model and flash memory organization, according to Super Talent.

Both MasterDrive SSDs use the Serial ATA-300 interface and are compatible with a wide range of desktops and notebooks, while the prices go between $299, for the 30GB MasterDrive MX, and $1299(ouch!) for the 60GB MasterDrive DX.