The C400s feature a 2.5-inch form factor, utilize 25nm MLC (multi-level cell) NAND Flash memory chips (Intel's SSDs have 34nm NAND), they have a MTBF (mean time before failure) of 1.2 million hours and deliver a random 4kB read and write performance of up to 40,000 IOPS and 50,000 IOPS, respectively (20,000 IOPS when writing for the 64GB model). The 'official' sequential read/write speeds announced by Micron are 415/95 MB/s (64GB), 415/175 MB/s (128GB) and 415/260 MB/s (512GB).
Micron RealSSD C400 SSD now shipping
Posted on Friday, March 18 2011 @ 22:02 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
TC Mag reports Micron started shipping its RealSSD C400, a new line of solid state disks with 25nm MLC NAND flash memory and a Marvell SSD controller. These disks are available online in 64GB, 128GB and 512GB capacities for $129.99, $244.99, and $949.99, respectively.