Mushkin Announces World’s First 480GB mSATA Solid-State Drive

 Mushkin, Inc., an industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance and mission-critical computer products, today announces that the company will begin shipping the world’s largest capacity mSATA Solid-State Drive in January 2013. As the latest addition to Mushkin’s Atlas  family of mSATA drives, the new solid-state drive delivers up a colossal 480 gigabytes (GB) of storage capacity on a single mSATA module.

“We’re excited to present our latest Atlas 480GB mSATA solid state drive, demonstrating once again Mushkin’s consistent ability to combine top performance, functionality, capacity, and low-power innovation,” said Brian Flood, Director of Product Development at Mushkin Inc. “Keeping z-height as low as possible and managing to fit eight NAND flash chips and a controller on a mSATA PCB was no easy feat, but now capacity-hungry Ultrabook and notebook users can go beyond the 256GB mSATA barrier.”

Specifications:

–   SandForce SF-2281 SSD processor with unthrottled IOPS

–   SATA III (6Gb/s) interface

–   Supports ATA APM, Security Set, NCQ

–   TRIM support (OS/driver support required)

–   S.M.A.R.T. support

–   Built-in BCH ECC (Up to 55 bits correctable per 512 byte sector)

–   High speed MLC NAND

–   MO-300 (mSATA) form factor (50.80 x 29.85 x 4.85mm)

–   Mini PCIe Interface

–   User-upgradeable firmware

–   RoHS, FCC, CE

–   3-year limited warranty

Mushkin’s Atlas 480GB mSATA solid-state drive (model number MKNSSDAT480GB) are scheduled to be available early January 2013 in the U.S. at select resellers and distributors and Worldwide distribution scheduled for Mid-January 2013. MSRP Mushkin’s Atlas 480GB mSATA is $499.99 USD. Mushkin’s Atlas 480GB mSATA solid-state drive is covered by a three-year limited warranty. More information about Mushkin’s Atlas mSATA solid-state drives may be found on the company’s website at http://www.mushkin.com.