Fixstars unveiled the world's highest capacity SSD in the 2.5-inch form-factor, with a SATA 6 Gb/s interface, the Fixstars SSD-6000M. This drive offers 6,000 GB of unformatted space, and uses 15 nm MLC NAND flash chips. The underlying controller is unknown, but the drive offers reasonably high sequential transfer speeds of up to 540 MB/s read, with up to 520 MB/s writes. The drive supports modern SSD features, such as NCQ, TRIM, and SMART. The drive is 9.5 mm thick, and may not fit in certain kinds of notebooks. The company plans to launch the drive some time in July, 2015, backed by a 3-year warranty.

12 Comments on Fixstars Unveils the Highest-Capacity 2.5-inch SSD

#1 Uplink10

I wonder, what is BoM for this kind of drive? Posted on May 7th 2015, 9:21 Reply

#2 P4-630

I don't even wanna ask about the price for a 6TB SSD.....o_O Posted on May 7th 2015, 9:37 Reply

#3 techy1

"....and may not fit in certain kinds of notebooks." damn - and I wanted a 6TB SSD in my netbook :D Posted on May 7th 2015, 9:42 Reply

#4 lZKoce

P4-630 I don't even wanna ask about the price for a 6TB SSD.....o_O Pretty much: Pretty much: www.financedegreecenter.com/black-market-body/ Posted on May 7th 2015, 10:01 Reply

#5 P4-630

lZKoce Pretty much: www.financedegreecenter.com/black-market-body/ LOL :laugh: LOL :laugh: Posted on May 7th 2015, 10:03 Reply

#6 Hood

As soon as these level out at $50/TB, I'm ordering 3 of them... Posted on May 7th 2015, 12:47 Reply

#7 cokker

Hood As soon as these level out at $50/TB, I'm ordering 3 of them... Haha, by the time that happens we would have moved on from SSD's... Haha, by the time that happens we would have moved on from SSD's... Posted on May 7th 2015, 12:57 Reply

#8 buildzoid

This is the first SSD that has managed to get my attention. It's also completely out of my range. Posted on May 7th 2015, 15:00 Reply

#9 Caring1

I've got a wonky coffee table and one of these would be perfect to wedge under a leg. o_O Posted on May 7th 2015, 15:08 Reply

#10 hojnikb

Don't get your hopes up. THis is going to be utterly expensive + its very likely its gonna use the same setup as their previous drive. That means a bunch of eMMC packages slapped together using a FPGA.

In other words: a brute force way of making a high capacity drive.



Thanks but no thanks Posted on May 7th 2015, 16:20 Reply

#11 Hood

hojnikb Don't get your hopes up. THis is going to be utterly expensive + its very likely its gonna use the same setup as their previous drive. That means a bunch of eMMC packages slapped together using a FPGA.

In other words: a brute force way of making a high capacity drive.



Thanks but no thanks That's why $50/TB is a reasonable price - basically unreliabe/hot running/high failure rate. @ Caring1 - too expensive for coffee table shim, instead, use an old dead OCZ drive, most people have a few laying around in a drawer... That's why $50/TB is a reasonable price - basically unreliabe/hot running/high failure rate. @ Caring1 - too expensive for coffee table shim, instead, use an old dead OCZ drive, most people have a few laying around in a drawer... Posted on May 8th 2015, 1:20 Reply