Transcend today announced the release of its SATA-3 6 Gb/s N8S750 M.2 and MSA340 mSATA solid state drives (SSD). The SSDs are targeted for usage in portable devices. The N8S750 SSD's comes in a M.2 form factor (80.0 mm x 22.0 mm x 3.5 mm) and is designed for Ultrabooks, notebooks, tablets, portable gaming systems, and smartphones.
It features a SATA-3 6 Gb/s interface, DDR3 DRAM cache. The MLC NAND, combined with an undisclosed controller is specified to achieve transfer speeds of up to 520 MB/s read and 330 MB/s write.
Transcend's MSA340 mSATA SSD measures 50.8 mm x 29.85 mm x 4.0 mm and targeted for developing space-restricted embedded applications such as tablets, smartphones, Ultrabooks, eBook readers, navigation systems, set-top boxes, hand held scanners, mini PCs, and slim servers. Also this drive connects to devices using the SATA-3 6Gb/s interface, has DDR3 DRAM cache and has slightly slower writes, with transfer speeds of up to 520 MB/s read and 280 MB/s write and, according to Transcend, long-term reliability.
The N8S750 M.2 and MSA340 mSATA SSDs both offer support of SATA Device Sleep Mode (DevSleep) and Intel Smart Response Technology (ISRT). DevSleep allows compatible mobile devices to completely power off the SATA interface when not in use while maintaining a fast response time of less than 100 ms (0.1 second), offering instant-on capabilities akin to a smartphone. With ISRT it's possible to configure the computer system with an SSD used as cache memory between the hard disk drive and system memory. This provides the advantage of having a hard disk drive for maximum storage capacity while delivering an SSD-like overall system performance experience.
The N8S750 and MSA340 also come equipped with the usual suspects such as TRIM and NCQ support, built-in ECC and wear leveling, intelligent block management and support for S.M.A.R.T. commands.
Transcend's SATA-3 6 Gb/s N8S750 M.2 SSD is available in 32 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB capacities while the SATA-3 6 Gb/s MSA340 mSATA SSD is available in 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, and 256 GB capacities.
