SSDs are much faster than traditional HDDs and allow users to boot their computers faster and access applications more quickly. The SSD is always being improved with prices going down and performance increasing.

A-DATA announced today what it claims to be the industry’s fastest SSD called the S596. The SSD is a 2.5-inch device with sequential read speeds of 250MB/sec and sequential write speeds of 180 MB/sec/ the drive also has a SDRAM cache for more performance.

The cache allows the SSD to boot a Windows 7 machine in only 20 seconds. A-DATA claims that is a 40% improvement over boot time with a typical SSD. The S596 will be offered in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB versions at undisclosed pricing.

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