Fusion IO 640GB Flash HDD

Oct 09, 2007 1449 hrs IST

A gigantic flash HDD!

Fusion IO 640GB Flash HDD promises insane read and write speeds (compared with what we're used to) - 800 MBps and 600 MBps respectively. These are DRAM speeds, making the HDD drive way faster than any other standard HDD on the planet. For all of that performance you pay USD 19,000 (Rs.7,60,000) - an even more insane price tag. The drive sits on a PCIe card slot.

The company plans to release smaller versions of the drive in capacities of 80GB, 160GB, and 320GB by the Q1 of 2008. The 640GB would run at approx. USD30 (Rs.1,200) per GB.

USER COMMENTS

Insane speed and insane price!!

by Abhishek Gupta, Mumbai, on Nov 25, 2007 08:38 AM, Report abuse Reply

good

by himanshu, delhi, on Oct 24, 2007 06:40 PM, Report abuse Reply

Just another example of how a company tries to cheat ppl in the name of technology. Don't park ur money in this. Same capacity will be avbl in a USB key in 2 yrs.

by dookie, Bangalore, on Oct 13, 2007 03:42 PM, Report abuse Reply

what a wild drive but the price tag is HORRENDOUS!!!

by Anonymous, mumbai, on Oct 11, 2007 10:41 PM, Report abuse Reply

Thats true..... The price Tag is too high... i mean logically companies would use RAID setups with RAPTOR HDDs and can achieve that speed at less than half the price..!! So for now it looks good only in the hands of the model...!!!! ha ha

by Swapnil, mumbai, on Oct 11, 2007 12:17 AM, Report abuse Reply

For half the price, i would pick LHS. :P

by pdogg, Mumbai, on Oct 11, 2007 12:03 AM, Report abuse Reply

price will be high since it is a new tech and still offers such a massive capacity. But expect it to become 'very affoardable' before the q4 of 2008.

by prashant, mumbai, on Oct 11, 2007 12:00 AM, Report abuse Reply

This is mainly for servers,but what about regular PC users???????????????(Price)

by Vijendra, Mumbai, on Oct 10, 2007 10:10 PM, Report abuse Reply

Am sure some Korean or Taiwanese company will come out with a cheaper version untill then Peace Out

by Arun, London, on Oct 10, 2007 05:36 PM, Report abuse Reply

price is very high .... for those silicon.,

by daniel, pollachi, on Oct 10, 2007 05:38 AM, Report abuse Reply

Ahem...Which Silicon..[:D]

by Neo, Cairo, on Oct 10, 2007 10:02 AM, Report abuse

Thats a PCI-E 4X slot ... available only on server motherboards..

by maxaxe, chennai, on Oct 09, 2007 06:16 PM, Report abuse Reply

pcie 4x on server mobo's.... no way maxaxe... i own a gigabyte mobo and it has a 4x slot... but sure the price tag's way too shitty even for companies who own large servers....

by Shashank, Bangalore, on Oct 09, 2007 07:22 PM, Report abuse