Until the cost of flash storage comes down to the same plane of existence as most human wallets, hybrid solutions — which pair an HDD with an SSD cache — remain a smart way forward. OCZ scored some attention with its Synapse products, so now Crucial has to wave its arms in our faces and point to its own offering: the Adrenalin Solid State Cache Solution, which pairs a 50GB m4 SSD with proprietary caching software, and which will be out sometime this quarter for an undisclosed but surely rivalrous price. In the meantime, a fresh range of pure-breed m4 drives is already available, looking much like their predecessors but now whittled down to a mere 7mm in thickness so they can be squeezed into ever-narrower crevices. Pricing starts at 9 for 64GB and tops out at 5 for 512GB — like we said, not your average plane of existence.
Crucial outs Adrenalin Solid State Cache Solution, less long-winded m4 SSDs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
