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AMD has begun selling a new line of solid-state drives (SSDs) bearing its name. The Radeon R3 devices are manufactured and serviced by Taiwan-based Galt Inc. They are 7 mm high and 2.5 inches wide. Read speeds are claimed to be 510 MB/s to 520 MB/s and write speeds 360 MB/s to 470 MB/s. The drives range in capacity from 120 GB to 960 GB; only the smallest is available so far. They are based on TLC flash.
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Further information: AMD product page
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There is an Amazon link on the AMD product page, which gives some details on pricing and availability, including:
| Description | Price | Availabile |
|---|---|---|
| 120GB SSD, 2.5" SSDR3L120G | $40.99 | Now |
| 240GB SSD, 2.5" SSDR3SL240G | $69.99 | 9-11 weeks |
| 480GB SSD, 2.5" SSDR3SL480G | $136.99 | 9-11 weeks |
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Have at you!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2016, @02:55AM
> i can only assume this is the result of memory manufactures getting kicked in the nuts for price fixing.
More like Moore's law - double the capacity for the same price every 18 months.