Toshiba/Super Talent UltraDrive DS SSD Series Unveiled [UltraDrive DS Security Enhanced SSDs Boast Encryption & Data Randomization Technology]

Following on from out heads up yesterday concerning the newly unveiled Active Media Aviator 312 SuperSpeed SSDs today Super Talent have announced their new Toshiba co-branded UltraDrive DS SSD series which boast a number of security enhancements to ensure your data remains uncompromised.

The new Toshiba/Super Talent UltraDrive DS SSD range, which will come in 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities, comes with both password protected encryption and what Super Talent term as ‘data randomization technology’ which, according to their press release, ‘happens automatically with every write to the drive to prevent unauthorized copying of blocks of data’ – which serves to actually give us pretty much no insight whatsoever as to what their data randomization technology’ actually does. Still, if you’re looking to protect your SSD from prying eyes, its nice to know its there and, as a side bonus, even when both encryption and data randomization are enacted Super Talent maintains that there’ll be no impact on overall drive performance.

Aside from offering security enhancements the new Toshiba/Super Talent UltraDrive DS SSD range also come with what’s billed as sophisticated ECC and wear leveling algorithms for superior reliability and extended endurance – though, interestingly (and oddly, considering) Super Talent don’t actually offer up a MTBF figure.

Offering sequential read speeds of up to 230 MB/sec and sequential write speeds of up to 180 MB/sec, the new Toshiba/Super Talent UltraDrive DS solid state drives, which come in the form of the 64GB FTM64DX25H, 128GB FTM128DX25H, 256GB FTM256DX25H and the 512GB FTM512DX25H are set to begin shipping as of this week and, in terms of pricing, will set you back around $219, $439, $719 and $1649 respectively.