2TB 2.5" SSD Announced (Foremay)

From Engadget

It's been relatively easy for awhile to get a solid-state drive with 2TB or more of storage -- if you've been willing to buy a large PCI Express card, that is. Foremay is bringing that kind of capacity to a more portable form. It claims that both its TC166 (for end users) and SC199 (industrial) drives are the first to stuff 2TB of flash memory into a 2.5-inch SATA enclosure. The 9.5mm thickness should let them fit into many laptop hard drive bays and space-sensitive machinery without having to give up all those valuable extra bytes. Before reaching for a credit card, however, we'd warn that there aren't many details so far -- we don't know the performance, or how much it costs to buy either model. We've reached out and will get back if there's firmer details, but at least corporate customers who want speed and ample storage in one drive will be glad to hear that Foremay's new SSDs are already in mass production.

 

I have Never heard of the Foremay Brand???

John.

 

Ok, this is very very very interesting. They were the ones offering high-capacity high-cost SSD solutions for corporate customers. The promise of 1TB (not 2) of storage in a consumer laptop boggles the mind. Do note that the offerred capacity is lower for SATA-3 drives.

 

Awesome, imagine this becoming affordable in a few years. Are there actually 2tb mechanical drives in that form factor on the market right now?

 

Check out the Western Digital Green 2.5" 2TB HDDs.
Link: Amazon

Product Description:
WD Green hard drives are designed for use in systems that require cool and quiet operation, as secondary drives in PCs, for external enclosures and other applications for which low noise and low heat are beneficial. They provide high capacity storage while using less power than traditional drives. In addition, these hard drives are quieter and cooler than traditional 7200 RPM drives.These 2.5-inch hard drives are ideal for use whenever energy efficiency is needed.

Thing is, we can't use them in MOST laptops as the drive height is 15 mm which is too big.

 

Flash memory had mechanical beat in density a while back, it just was cost prohibited. What I'm curious is what type of NAND they are using. Micron/Crucial are able to do this easily with their new 20nm 128Gb MLC NAND (16 pieces fit in a 2.5" 9.5mm drive). With TLC (not toggle MLC), you could theoretically go to 3TB at that density. For enterprise drives, which are typically 15mm thick, you can fit 32 pieces of NAND, which would be 4TB SSDs.