Crucial has a caching ssd built on the basis of its M4 ssd. After the Crucial Adrenaline drive, such as the result is called the, previously announced, is the ssd now at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas demonstrated.
The drives are based on the 64GB version of Crucial M4-solid state drives, but the firmware of the Marvell controller is taken care of to the drive for caching purposes to make it suitable. This would be a system with a traditional hard drive with a large storage capacity which can be combined with ssd performance.
One of the adjustments is the relatively large space for overprovisioning was reserved: the 64GB is effective 50GB. After installation of the drive and its Windows 7 software, the system can “learn” which data is cached may be to optimize performance: the Z68 chipset is no obligation, as with Intel’s Smart Response Technology.
Crucial sells the Adrenaline drive in a kit with 3.5″adapter, cable and software, so an upgrade is easy. In the course of this quarter, your drive should appear on the market. In addition, introduced Crucial have a M4 version, this time in a 7mm high 2.5 in”packaging, which for ultraportables, are suitable. In the Pricewatch is the 64GB version from a hundred euros available, which is slightly more expensive than the regular version
