Mach Xtreme Releases MX-KATANA, Creating Solid State Competition For The MacBook Air

Mach Xtreme Technology Launches low-profile SATA3 MX-KATANA 6Gb/s Series SSD Modules

Taipei, Taiwan”May 3, 2012” Mach Xtreme Technology Inc., a worldwide leader in top performance, high reliability and user friendly designed PC components, today unveiled the SATA MX-KATANA 6Gb/s Series SSD modules. Based on an innovative design, the sleek gum stick-sized modules deliver an enhanced mobile computing experience with much faster application loading, ultra-fast data access, shorter boot-ups, and longer battery life of todays and future ultrabooks and netbooks with new type low-profile SATA 3.0 interface.

This series maintains the highest level of read and write performance though the life of the SSD. It supports DuraClass and DuraWrite technologies. DuraClass technology provides best-in-class endurance, performance and low power consumption. DuraWrite technology optimizes writes to the flash memory over conventional controllers increasing the overall endurance and reliability of the complete SSD module. In addition, highly intelligent wear leveling design optimizes longevity of this series. This SSD module is an ideal upgrade option from MacBook Air 2010 and 2011 stock SSD, making it a must have item for any serious Mac DIY enthusiast. The MX-KATANA 6Gb/s drive delivers best-in-class read and write speeds clocking in at up to 510MB/s read and 450MB/s write along with the stunning maximum of 60,000 IOPS, low power consumption and superior durability (2.0 million MTBF) compared to previous SATA 3Gb/s generation drives.

Available in capacities of 240GB and 480GB, Mach Xtreme Technology MX-KATANA 6Gb/s SSD modules come backed with 2 Year Warranty and outstanding after-sales service.

MX-KATANA 6Gb/s Series low-profile SATA3 SSD Modules at A Glance:

¢   Low-profile SATA 3.0 Interface MLC SSD Module

¢    Max. Read Performance up to 510MB/s

¢    Max. Write Performance up to 450MB/s

• ¢    IOPS up to 60,000
• ¢    Power consumption: idle 1.6W / active 2.8W  at Voltage=3.3V +/-10%
• ¢    Life expectancy 2.0 million hours MTBF  
•   Certification: ROHS, CE, FCC

¢    Capacity: 240GB (MXSSD3MKAT-240G) and 480GB (MXSSD3MKAT-480G)

¢    Warranty: 2-Years