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Mtron solid state drive clocks impressive speeds

Mtron's SATA-based SSD perform better than the 10,000rpm Western Digital Raptor in a speed test.

Solid State Drives or flash drives have no moving parts inside, withstand rough handling and bumps and falls. With all these benefits, one would have expected them to be inside every new PC.

Ironically, conventional HDDs still rule the market, the reason being speed (though theoretically, accessing data from any point on a flash drive should be faster).

Well, things are looking up for flash-based hard drives if Mtron’s achievement is any indication. Mtron’s newest offering, the MSD-S2516 has posted speeds that surpassed even the 10,000rpm Western Digital Raptor. And the speed tests simulated everything we do on a daily basis, like booting XP to launching Photoshop.

Still, it’s too early to expect an immediate upheaval in the HDD market. There’s more to be done, because the tested drive was a paltry 16GB while the SSDs still have to catch up with the conventional HDDs in terms of size. Of course, pricing is a factor too. Mtron's 64GB SATA-based SSD costs $3,000.

Anyway, a beginning has been made and if the technology takes off right from here, the future is for Solid State Drives if they become affordable.

[ Via gizmodo ]