Silicon Power Introduces Velox V55 And Slim S55 To Expand Its SATA III SSD Offerings

Silicon Power, a world-leading provider of memory storage solutions, is announcing the addition of the Velox V55 and Slim S55 to its SATA III, 6 GB/sec SSD lineup.  These new offerings now give Silicon Power a complete product lineup, including some of the most cost effective models.  The V55 and S55 offer incredible performance at a surprisingly low price point, and represent a very good choice for an SSD upgrade path.

The V55 and S55 feature the SATA 6 GB/sec interface and LSI Sandforce controller to achieve read/write speeds of 550 MB/s and 440 MB/s respectively.  They both feature an attractive black aluminum case; the V55 in a 9mm form factor, and the S55 in a 7mm form factor that is compatible with thinner laptops and ultrabooks.  Both the V55 and S55 support TRIM and garbage collection, and are NCQ and RAID ready.  SMART technology is utilized to help monitor drive health, along with ECC error correction technology.  These SSDs offer low power consumption, shock and vibration proofing, and feature a 3-year warranty.

The Silicon Power V55 and S55 will both be available in capacities of 60GB, 120Gb, and 240GB.  To view Silicon Power’s press release for these two products, please click here.  To view the product page(s) for the V55 and S55, please click here or here respectively.