Submission + - New Indilinx controller debuts in OCZ Vector SSD (techreport.com)
crookedvulture writes: "The consumer SSD market is dominated by copycat drives based on a small handful of different controller chips. Only a few SSD makers have controller technology all their own, and OCZ is the latest to join that club. Its new Vector SSD features a proprietary Indilinx controller surrounded by a sea of custom-packaged NAND. The drive offers excellent performance regardless of the data type, and it's equally comfortable crunching sequential and random I/O. However, the Vector rings in at over a dollar per gig, which is rather pricey give its lack of full-disk encryption support. Even if you don't consider last week's Black Friday deals, there are plenty of SSDs that are nearly as fast as the Vector but much less expensive. Solid-state drives may be approaching the point where mid-range offerings are more than fast enough for most consumer applications."