Mushkin announced at CES 2015 its new, Phison-based STRIKER series of solid state drives. The STRIKER 2.5" SSD is provides sequential read and write throughput of up to 565 and 550MB/s respectively, with random performance of up to 90,000 4K IOPS.  Launching in 240-960GB capacities, the new STRIKER SSD series will be available in Q1 2015.

 

Features of the STRIKER line of SSDs include:

• Phison PS3110-S10 controller
• Quad core, 8-channel
• 256-bit AES encryption support, Opal 2.0
• End-to-End data path protection, SmartECC, SmartRefresh, SmartFlush, GuaranteedFlush
• SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) interface (backwards compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and 1.5Gb/s)
• TRIM/SMART support (OS/driver support required)
• DEVSLP support for ultra-low power consumption
• 120 bit per 2KB ECC strength
• MLC NAND
• 2.5" 7mm form factor
• User-upgradeable firmware