Toshiba's Storage Products Business Unit of Toshiba America ElectronicComponents, Inc., a committed technology leader, today announced it isexpanding its enterprise Solid State Drives (eSSD) family with the PX-Series,featuring three models targeted for various enterprise applications: boot,read-intensive, entry level servers; entry-to-mid-range application servers;and high-performance enterprise application servers. The PX-Series reflectsToshiba's continued storage innovation and coincides with the company'scelebration of its 25^th anniversary as the inventor of NAND flash technology.Each model is optimized for its target segment with NAND flash processes,capacity, interface support, and capabilities.High-Performance: Targeted at applications requiring the highest levels ofeSSD performance, the PX02SM series is Toshiba's first eSSD to utilize 24nmeMLC (enterprise multi-level cell) NAND technology, with capacities of200/400/800GB^1 and 1.6TB^2, and is Toshiba's first offering with a dual-port12Gb/sec SAS interface with a form-factor equivalent to industry-standard2.5inch HDDs.Value Line: Optimized for entry-to-mid-level server and storage applicationsrequiring balance, reliability, capacity and endurance, the PX02AM series alsofeatures 24nm eMLC NAND flash in capacities of 100, 200 and 400GB, all with a6Gb/s SATA (Serial ATA) interface. Featuring a slim 7mm 2.5inchindustry-standard form-factor, all capacities offer power-loss protection.Read-Intensive/Boot Server: Targeted at entry-level server applications, thePX03AN series is Toshiba's first eSSD family using 19nm cMLC (consumermulti-level cell) NAND flash, in capacities of 55, 120, 240 and 480 GB.Utilizing the 7mm 2.5inch form-factor, the PX03AN series drives also offerpower-loss protection.These three new products further underscore the breadth of Toshiba's storageproducts, both SSDs and hard disk drives (HDDs) for mobile and enterprisemarkets, giving customers a "one-stop shop" capability for their storagedesign needs.Toshiba's unique integrated SSD design and manufacturing capability ensuresthat key components of the SSD, including NAND flash, are designed by Toshibaleveraging Toshiba's vertical integration and leadership strengths in thegrowing SSD market. Component and design commonality also reducesqualification time for Toshiba customers and reflects Toshiba's partner-drivenapproach to SSD design and manufacturing."As SSDs continue to broaden their reach into enterprise applications, fromweb servers to data centers, our customers are looking for a broad set of SSDsolutions," said Joel Hagberg, vice president of marketing at Toshiba'sStorage Products Business Unit. "Today's announcement further demonstrates howToshiba is providing our partners with the ability to deliver the best storagesolutions for every enterprise need."The PX02SM 200, 400 800GB and 1.6TB models will start shipping in the fourthquarter of 2012. The PX02AM series of value-line eSSDs and the PX03AN seriesof entry-level eSSDs will both commence shipments in the fourth quarter of2012.

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