Plextor Adding Entry-Level SSD S1 Series Exclusively for Southeast Asian Market

The trend of SSD nowadays is shifting from MLC to a cost efficient TLC flash memory and Plextor too with no exception, will be adopting the TLC memory on its upcoming products.

As there are users who still prefer MLC SSD, the company’s brand in performance digital storage devices announces its last model in the MLC SSD product line, the S1 Series SSD (M2 model) for these users.

The S1 series are designed with price-performance ratio in mind to meet the need of the Southeast Asian Market and will only be available for the Southeast Asia region because of the limited quantity of the MLC SSD. This means, you will have to come to the Southeast Asia region for the last chance to buy the MLC flash memory based SSD.

The strength of S1’s core components comes from the Toshiba Corp.‘s Toggle Mode MLC NAND flash memory, as well as the SMI’s well-reputed SM2246 controller. By extending company’s firmware technology, and employing industry-preferred components, the S1 series provides users with performance up to 510/440MB/s in sequential R/W and 74K/79K IO/s in random R/W, respectively. The performance data exhibited by the S1 series bring application advantages to users which exceed those of entry-level solutions.

The S1 series is suitable as an entry-level SSD for all types of users to improve the load time of all applications, increase productivity, improve power efficiency, and enhance total system responsiveness. The S1 may not be the fastest drive on the market, but was designed to provide the best value possible and still perform at SSD speeds that won’t break the bank.

The S1 series has passed various factory tests and with meet the needs of SSD storage and upgrade requirements by desktop and laptop users.

The S1 series SSD will be available in two interface specifications: 2.5-inch (S1C) and M.2 2280 (S1G), two different storage capacity of 128 and 256GB, and is covered by a three-year warranty.