Team Group and SandForce ink deal for Xtreem-S1 SSD

Team Group has announced today that it has inked a deal with SSD controller firm SandForce, which will provide controllers for Team Group’s upcoming Xtreem-S1 SSD.

Though exactly which of the two SandForce controllers Team Group has adopted is unknown (likely the SF-1200), the Xtreem-S1 SSD nevertheless claims peak read/write performance of 270MBps and 260MBps, respectively. Other features include hardware-accelerated 128-bit AES encryption (optional), ATA TRIM support and a SATA II 3Gbps interface.

The Xtreem-S1 will launch after CeBIT in 60GB, 120GB and 250GB capacities for an undisclosed sum.

Complete press release

Fast, stable and lightweight, the solid state disk (SSD) has successfully replaced conventional mechanical hard drives to become the product with the most potential in 2010. After the great market success of the Xtreem-G1 SSD last year, Team Group Inc has launched technological cooperation with the US-based SSD pioneer Sandforce to introduce the faster and more reliable Xtreem-S1 SSD tailored for power users and will display it for the first time at CeBIT 2010.

In addition to continuing the absolute silence, light weight, low power consumption and shock resistance of the Xtreem-G1 SSD, the Xtreem-S1 SSD is equipped with the Sandforce processor, the fastest SSD solution in the industry, to fully exploit the extremes of the cost and performance MLC chip and thereby enhance the read/write speed of the Xtreem-S1 SSD. Besides delivering a reading speed of 270MB/sec and a writing speed of 260MB/s, which is 10 times faster than ordinary IDE hard drives (taking 1 second to accomplish tasks that used to be done in 10 seconds), the Xtreem-S1 SSD is 2 times faster than ordinary SSDs, making it the world’s fastest SSD! Also, it supports SMART and the US AES-128 encryption specifications to provide real-time SSD health diagnostics and safeguard important data for users.

The Team Xtreem-S1 SSD also surprises users with its random access to 4K files that presents no lag for gaming or browsing various websites at the same time. More importantly, the Team Xtreem-S1 SSD is 100% compatible with Windows 7 and supports Trim command. At present, the Team Xtreem-S1 SSD is available in 3 options: 60GB, 120GB and 250GB. For more information on this product, please visit the Team Group website at: www.teamgroup.com.tw.