Computer hardware company Smart Modular Technologies has announced a new line of SSDs (solid-state drives) that may drive out the competition. The Smart Optimus drives come in capacities ranging from 200GB all the way to 1.6TB. Not only Smart is bringing out the biggest single SSD in the market (measuring 2.5 inches at the longest), but also the fastest, which uses Serial Attached SCSI interface to make the hardware reach speeds of up to 1000MBps on reading and 500MBps on writing, or so they claim. It is hard to believe such speeds, as even the best consumer-grade SSDs can only do about half of that. The Smart Optimus SSDs also feature “Guardian Technology,” which helps extend the life of the drive and keep data in order so it can be read off that really fast speeds.

SMT has yet to announce the price range of its Optimus SSD line, although they describe the hardware as “cost-effective.” In other words, completely the opposite.

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