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AMD Prepares To Ship Gaming SSDs

Posted by samzenpus on from the time-for-an-upgrade dept.

Lucas123 writes An AMD website in China has leaked information about the upcoming release of a line of SSDs aimed at gamers and professionals that will offer top sequential read/write speeds of 550MB/s and 530MB/s, respectively. AMD confirmed the upcoming news, but no pricing was available yet. The SSDs will come in 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities and will use Toshiba's 19-nanometer flash lithography technology. According to IHS, AMD is likely entering the gaming SSD market because desktop SSD shipments are expected to experience a 39% CAGR between now and 2018.

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  1. Re:Gaming SSD ??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You game will load 0.2 seconds faster than a standard SSD but you'll pay $150 more for it. Enjoy.

  2. Re:Gaming? by jawtheshark · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Gaming" means: "Fast, overpriced and we don't care about reliability".

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