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Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., a global technology leader, is announcing its new OCZ Trion 150 SSD series, representing a cost-effective performance upgrade option for notebooks and desktop PCs. Pairing Toshiba’s 15nm Triple-Level Cell (TLC) NAND flash memory with a Toshiba controller, the Trion 150 series provides a superior blend of reliability, endurance and value with increased real-world performance.
The Trion 150 series of SSDs offer a simple and cost-effective way for entry-level users to boost the performance of their laptop/notebook or desktop PC. The Trion 150 series are rated for sequential read speeds of up to 550 MB/s, and sequential write speeds of up to 530 MB/s, as well as random read speeds of up to 90,000 IOPS. The Trion 150 series significantly improves boot times and system responsiveness.
According to Steve Fingerhut, Senior Vice President and GM of the SSD Business Unit at Toshiba America Electronics Corporation, “Our Trion 100 series solid state drives quickly became a top seller for us and are popular among end users seeking a performance boost over hard drives at a very reasonable price. We are continually looking for ways to improve both SSD real world performance and value to end users and are pleased to introduce the new Trion 150 series which leverages the latest Toshiba 15nm Triple-Level Cell NAND flash to deliver an even better storage solution for value oriented mobile and desktop users.”
The Trion 150 series will be offered in capacities of 120GB, 240GB, 480GB and 960GB. They are endurance-rated for up to 240TB total bytes written (TBW) to give users peace of mind in using write-intensive applications. Current pricing on Amazon (although currently showing as not yet available) is $45.99 for the 120GB, $69.99 for the 240GB, $139.99 for the 480GB and $269.99 for the 960GB model.
The Trion 150 series of SSDs are backed by OCZ’s industry leading ShieldPlus Warranty for 3 years. The OCZ approach to service provides owners with an elite, worry-free customer service experience in the event of a problem, as opposed to traditional warranties and support experiences. You can view the OCZ Trion 150 series product page here.
15nm and TLC looks like a very bad idea for a SSD.
Hopefully, it wont be susceptible to read degradation like 840 series was.
Also, i do wonder what kind of write speeds this can pull, once tiny slc cache is exhausted.
Now we wait for it to drop below 50€ for 240gig version
Performance was said to be better outside the NAND cache when we saw them at CES, I’ll be sure to check it out when we get our review up!
It amazes me how these companies announce their new ssds with so much enthusiasm, when there new ssds are slower than the previous generation. It’s like, yeah we shrunk the nand size again, Woopie!!! And now it’s a little slower but almost as fast.
Why are these companies churning out the same old cr*p year after year.