Sample shipments to PC OEM customers start today in limited quantities, and the Japanese chip maker will gradually increase shipments from the 4th quarter of this year.
The new SG6 series SSDs features a SATA Revision 3.3, 6.0Gbit/s interface, and delivers performance of up to 550MB/s sequential read and 535MB/s sequential write.
Thanks to improved flash memory management and performance, active power consumption is cut by approximately 40% compared to previous generation products.
This improvement can extend battery life, a plus for many applications including mobile computing.
The new series will be available in three capacities, 256GB, 512GB and 1024GB.
Each capacity is aligned with two form factors: 2.5-type for hard disk drive or HDD upgrades; and M.2 2280 type for mainstream mobile PCs.
Security requirements will be supported by offering self-encrypting drive or SED models supporting TCG Opal Version 2.01.
The SG6 SSD series also supports Toshiba’s proprietary Quadruple Swing-By Code or QSBCTM error-correction technology, an efficient error correction code or ECC that helps protecting customer data from corruption and improves reliability, realizing efficient and accurate data processing.
The SG6 series will be exhibited at the Flash Memory Summit 2017 in Santa Clara, California, USA from August 8 to 10, at Toshiba’s booth.