Foremay claims world's fastest 1.8in SSD

The fastest 1.8in SSD is now shipping worldwide, according to the product's makers Foremay.

The Californian-based firm has claimed the SSD, which only measures between 3mm and 5mm thick, has "dimensions smaller than a credit card" but has the speed and capacity to really boost performance.

The micro SATA SSDs offer read/write speeds of 280 MB/s and random read/write IOPS at 4KB of up to an impressive 30,000/15,000. Capacity also goes up to 400GB.

Whilst most companies market their SSDs to go into laptops, Foremay said it is also capable of running high-end PCs, high performance computing and enterprise-level servers.

"The length of our new 1.8in SATA SSD is actually 7mm less than an American Express credit card," said Jason Hoover, Foremay's vice president of marketing.

"By offering both commercial and industrial operating temperatures, the 1.8inSATA SSD empowers design engineers with great flexibility and easy use for designing the next generation of slim and compact size computers for commercial, enterprise and industrial applications."

The SSDs are available now.

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