Toshiba debuts its newest entry-level consumer solid state drive featuring 64-layer 3D flash memory – the Toshiba TR200 SSD Series. It uses Toshiba’s advanced 3-bit-per-cell TLC (triple-level cell) BiCS FLASH offering a cost-effective upgrade for consumers looking into increasing their computer’s productivity and responsiveness. The Toshiba TR200 offers transfer speeds of up to 550MB/s sequential read and 525MB/s sequential write and random read/write performances of up to 80,000 and 87,000 IOPS. Aside from excellent SATA performance, the TR200 also feature energy savings with its low power consumption offering increased battery lifespan for mobile devices.
Product Release Statement
“We are excited to provide consumers with the new TR200 series, our first retail branded SATA 6Gbit/s drives to leverage state-of-the-art Toshiba 64-layer TLC BiCS FLASH™,” said Alex Mei, vice president consumer SSDs and storage outbound marketing, at Toshiba America Electronics Corporation, Inc. “Seeking to provide enhanced real world performance and value to customers, the TR200 SSDs were engineered from the ground up utilizing the latest 3D flash memory technology to be a cost-effective and power-optimized storage solution for desktop and mobile upgraders, gamers, and system builders.”
“We are excited to provide consumers with the new TR200 series, our first retail branded SATA 6Gbit/s drives to leverage state-of-the-art Toshiba 64-layer TLC BiCS FLASH™,” said Alex Mei, vice president consumer SSDs and storage outbound marketing, at Toshiba America Electronics Corporation, Inc. “Seeking to provide enhanced real world performance and value to customers, the TR200 SSDs were engineered from the ground up utilizing the latest 3D flash memory technology to be a cost-effective and power-optimized storage solution for desktop and mobile upgraders, gamers, and system builders.”
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Availability and Pricing
The Toshiba TR200 SSDs are available in 240GB, 480GB and 960GB capacities and are set to be available in partner resellers this Fall 2017. No pricing information as of this writing. For more information on Toshiba’s line of industry-leading SSDs, visit http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/us/product/storage-products.html.
