CES 2015: Crucial Intros MX200 and BX100 SSDs

[[Coi] Mr.CLuBBeR]

New SSDs start at $69.99

There was no dearth of solid-state drive (SSD) announcements at the recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show. Of these, two were from Micron-owned memory and storage maker Crucial: the all-new BX100, aimed at the entry-level segment with the promise of “substantial yet affordable performance gains” over a hard drive, and the MX200, the successor to the generally well-received MX100.
The MX200, for all intents and purposes, is the Crucial-branded consumer version of the M600 SSD that Micron announced in September for OEMs and system integrators. Like the M600, the MX200 has the company’s Dynamic Write Acceleration (DWA) technology, which enables SSD’s NAND array to switch from MLC mode to SLC mode, and back, on the fly. And it is this adaptive SLC cache technology that really sets the MX200 apart from its predecessor, the MX100. Otherwise, the two are pretty similar. The Crucial MX200, which will be available in 250GB ($140), 500GB ($250), and 1TB ($470) capacities, is capable of sequential reads and write up to 555MB/s and 500MB/s, respectively.
Unlike the MX200, which pairs the Marvell 88SS9189 with Micron’s 16nm 128Gbit NAND, the entry-level Crucial BX100 comes with the same NAND and a SM2246EN controller from Silicon Motion. In fact, the BX100, which delivers sequential reads of up to 535MB/s and and sequential writes of up to 450MB/s, is the first Crucial drive to use a Silicon Motion controller. It will be available in 120GB, 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB flavors that will cost $69.99,
$109.99, $199.99 and $399.99, respectively.
According to the company, both the BX100 and the MX100 will be available sometime during the quarter from Crucial’s website and select retailers across the globe.
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