As reported earlier, Plextor is rolling out a new series of SSDs with a primary focus on enthusiasts and now the full lineup is officially unveiled with a recent press release from the company highlighting its new M6 series of SSD products.


The entire M6e series is backed by a five-year warranty and the reassurance of Plextorรขโฌ™s long reputation for quality, testing, and rock-solid reliability. All Plextor products feature custom in-house design, development, and manufacturing by the companyรขโฌ™s engineers.
[quote]รขโฌลWe are excited to announce the new M6 series, Plextorรขโฌ™sรย newรย generation of consumer solid-state storage products. With the addition of the M6e M.2 PCIe and SATA drives to the M6 family, Plextor nowรย offersรย one of the broadest and highest-performing portfolios in the consumer space,รขโฌย – Darlo Perez, Director of Plextor Americas.รย [/quote]
See below for official press release:
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Plextor, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media and storage equipment, today announced its M6 series lineup of solid-state drive solutions.รย The multi-form factor lineup features Plextorรขโฌ™s next-generation 2.5รขโฌย M6S, , and M6M mSATA SSDs, along with the introduction of twoรย PCIeรย drives — the ultra-fastรย M6e M.2 PCI express andรย New HHHL PCIe card.
รขโฌลWe are excited to announce the new M6 series, Plextorรขโฌ™sรย newรย generation of consumer solid-state storage products. With the addition of the M6e M.2 PCIe and SATA drives to the M6 family, Plextor nowรย offersรย one of the broadest and highest-performing portfolios in the consumer space,รขโฌย said Darlo Perez, Director of Plextor Americas.
รขโฌลPlextorรขโฌ™s latest lineup highlights our commitment to providing top-shelf quality and performance in the solid-state drive market.รขโฌย
In addition to the new M.2 form factor, The M6 also features the latest generation of advanced 19nm Toggle NAND flash from Toshibaรย with รขโฌลAdaptive Writeรขโฌยรย Plextorรขโฌ™s next-generation proprietary firmware technology designed to maintain SSD performance under heavy workloads and throughout the lifeรย warrantyรย of the drive.รย Thisรย allows for increased storage density and capacities up toรย 512GB.
M6e M.2รย PCIeรย andรย HHHL PCIe Card:รย This solution is optimized for serious users to demand the fastest speeds seen on the market today. The M6e sports the latest generation Marvellรยฎ 88SS9183 flash controller with multiple cores for efficient performance during intense usage. The M6eรขโฌ™s PCI express interface delivers maximum sequential read/write speeds of 770/625 MB per second and random read/write speeds of 105,000 and 100,000 IOPS. The M6e is automatically recognized as an AHCI device, requiring no additional drivers. When used as an ultra-fast boot disk on a system with UEFI, startup times are cut in half. The M6e comes in capacities up to 512GB.
M6S:รย A high-performance hard drive upgrade, the M6S 2.5-inch SATA SSD is the perfect replacement for a traditional hard drive. It features faster boot times, shorter application load times, and overall improved system performance. The M6S is available with up toรย 512GBรย of storage, and features sequential read/write speeds of up to 520MB andรย 440MB per second and random read/write speeds up toรย 94,000รย andรย 80,000รย IOPS, respectively.
M6M:รย The ultimate ultra-book upgrade, the M6M mSATA drive is the ideal solution for users wishing to upgrade any device that requires a solid state drive with a small footprint. The M6M features capacities up toรย 512GB, with sequential read/write speeds ofรย 520MB andรย 440MB per second, and random read/write speeds ofรย 94,000รย andรย 80,000รย IOPS, respectively.
The entireรย M6eรย series is backed by a five-year warranty and the reassurance of Plextorรขโฌ™s long reputation for quality, testing, and rock-solid reliability.รย รย All Plextor products feature custom in-house design, development, and manufacturing by the companyรขโฌ™s engineers.
The M6 series is expected to be available for purchase in the spring of 2014.
For more information about Plextor products, go to:รย www.goplextor.com