32GB Flash Disk From Mtron at $650

Mtron Co., Ltd, a manufacturer of Solid State Drive (SSD) products in
South Korea, has launched a new SSD product
named Mtron SSD MOBI in the consumer market. With Mtron’s
new product, the high performance SSD is now available to the consumers,
which is expected to replace the current hard disk with SSD in near
future.

Based on their success in high performance SSD products for high-end
servers and storages, Mtron has been able to develop high performance
SSD for consumer purposes as well. With their new SSD MOBI, Mtron now
offers variety of premium consumer SSD products in affordable price
range.

Mtron SSD MOBI (2.5inch, 32GB standard) will be priced around $650
(USD), which is 30% cheaper than current Mtron SSD products for
industrial servers. It offers the best performance for consumers who
need premium system at lower price such as pro-gamers, graphic experts,
and video editors.

Mtron SSD MOBI uses SLC (Single Level Cell) memory to provide the
maximum reading speed of 100 MB per second, maximum writing speed of 80
MB per second, and random access time of 0.1 ms, which makes Mtron SSD
MOBI as the fastest SSD product in the market. It also has twice faster
booting speed than current hard disk and works at significantly faster
speed for large rendering tasks such as multi-tasking, Photoshop, and
CAD.

Mtron SSD MOBI also supplies Serial ATA interface for easy replacement
of hard disk in desktop and laptop computers with SSD. Mtron SSD MOBI
especially has great advantage for laptop computers and UMPC because it
uses flash memory for less heat and noise, and has strong protection
against outside environment.

Starting with Mtron SSD MOBI, Mtron will continue to enhance its
consumer SSD line of products by releasing 1.8-inch version, MLC (Multi
Level Cell) memory SSD, and other premium consumer SSD products in 2008.

Steve Jeon, CEO of Mtron, said, “Most of SSD
demand was in industrial market for high-end servers and storage.
However with the price of flash memory has been dropping about 40% every
year, there will be a new demand in consumer SSD market as early as next
year. Therefore Mtron has launched Mtron SSD MOBI in order to establish
Mtron as the worldwide leader in the new consumer SSD market.”

According to the research by expert market analyst, Web-Feet, the
current SSD market has grown 74% every year, and it is expected to total
$10 billion by 2012. The consumer SSD market is also expected grow
significantly from 42 million in 2006 to $7.5 billion in 2012, replacing
current hard disk with SSD.

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