A-DATA launches laptop-ready 2.5-inch 512GB XPG SSD at CeBIT

We heard way back in January that ASUS' S121 would be the world's first laptop with a 512GB SSD, and now we've reason to believe that very drive could be coming from the labs at A-DATA. Here at CeBIT, the company has launched what it's claiming is the industry's highest capacity SSD (in the 2.5-inch form factor) with its 512GB XPG SSD. The drive promises to provide 230MB/s read and 160MB/s write rates while shuffling data around on the SATA II interface. As expected, it comes housed in a durable aluminum casing to shake off those occasional bumps and bruises, but there's sadly no word on price or availability. Next stop: 1TB. (Hopefully, anyway.)

[Xenoterranos Posted Mar 5th 2009 1:44PM]

Wow. They can stop making them bigger now and concentrate on making them cheaper. There go half the arguments about SSD's not being big enough to supplant good ol' spinny.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 8:42AM]

"512GB XPG SSD at CeBIT"------------------------What?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 8:43AM]

Instantaneous pornography.

[Sam of the Sun Posted Mar 5th 2009 8:47AM]

Not yet.

[RioRyan Posted Mar 5th 2009 8:47AM]

A-Data is crap, I had a USB drive from them that lasted like a month before showing up permanently "Write-protected". Would not trust them with my data.

[Gery Posted Mar 5th 2009 8:49AM]

Haven't u payed your monthly fees?

[Oli D Posted Mar 5th 2009 1:57PM]

A fine example of the Ad Hominum argument everyone.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 3:14PM]

Every manufactured device ever has a failure rate, what's new?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 8:49AM]

price will probably be around 1000USD...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 9:15AM]

Probably more than that.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 10:26AM]

I highly doubt that. Most 256 GB ones are at the 750 mark. The Samsung one even at 1000...

[OriginalJosh Posted Mar 5th 2009 1:56PM]

price: $Texas

[Dan Fruzzetti Posted Mar 5th 2009 8:52AM]

A-Data... I remember you from WAAY back...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 8:53AM]

SSD's are also available in less sizes but the brand is different -
http://www.techreviews4u.com/2009/03/05/ssd-comes-in-various-capacities/

[benjaminhc Posted Mar 5th 2009 8:53AM]

Why does it seem that upon release of this article, all talk of the 1 TB SSD in a laptop has ceased (the VX5)? Of course I am impressed with the 512, but bring on the 1 TB... Who makes it, how much it costs etc etc. Or am I just being mislead by the wording of the article about the VX5 and it actually has two 512s?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 9:03AM]

You don't actually expect the Engadget writers to read other Engadget posts do you?
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/puresilicon-introduces-worlds-first-1tb-2-5-inch-ssd/

[rduran Posted Mar 5th 2009 9:00AM]

I'll gladly take six of these. But I'll probably have to sell everything I own and take out a second mortgage to afford it. :-(

[Piranha Posted Mar 5th 2009 9:55AM]

If you hold off on the latest craze - sending money to Nigerian princes - you should be able to afford quite a few!!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 12:01PM]

+! for LICD reference

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 9:14AM]

Instead of "Next stop: 1TB. (Hopefully, anyway)" how about we all hold out for affordability?

[zothar Posted Mar 5th 2009 10:08AM]

I want one!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 10:11AM]

Next Stop... --> an affordible , 230MB/s read and 160MB/s write version in 64GB and 128GB

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 11:00AM]

Exactly. The porn-server NAS market can keep using traditional disk drives for their terabytes of space - you don't need 1TB or even 512GB on an ordinary desktop computer, let alone a secondary-backup laptop, so who cares about large SSDs.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 3:00PM]

Large fast SSD is something we've waiting for in the music production world. Playback of massive samples libraries in real time without hard disk meltdown couldn't come too soon.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 10:29AM]

Wow Engadget. There is already a 1TB SSD. I think you guys even reported it (twice!) So maybe the "Next stop" should read 2TB or lower prices.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 11:04AM]

This technology is a bit to early, it will probably take like 4 years for it to become affordable.

[Ignatius Posted Mar 5th 2009 11:13AM]

SSD is going so fast it's going to surpass HDDs within a year or two, I can't believe this.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 12:12PM]

Umm..that would be 1 TibiByte...not a terabyte. For once IEEE standards can be used!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 2:22PM]

Highest capacity in the 2.5" form factor? Is there a more than 512GB 3.5" ?

Speaking of 3.5" SSDs there almost are none... I don't get why, SSDs are coming to desktop PCs too...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 2:36PM]

Someone please squeeze one of these into an Ipod or Zune. Please.

Welll... I guess it would make it a $1,000 iPod then. Ok, nevermind.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 4:09PM]

These companies always come up with these new SSDs sure they are high capacity or they are fast but do we give a crap if they are 1000dollars? wat are they thinking?? the only people that are gonna buy them is some rich hardcore OCers

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 8:37PM]

nah the next stop will be like a 750

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 10th 2009 10:05PM]

These devices are most important to us in the HD video recording industry .. replacing existing mechanical hard disks in Firestore devices brings reliability, performance, acceptable battery life, and just plain peace of mind.

Compare the 'shocking' price of current SSD Hard Disks to the Panasonic P2 solid-state cards and you quickly realize the *relative* affordability of these devices even in today's market.

For example, when I spend $50,000 for a camera, spending $2000 for a 512GB SSD HD is peanuts.