Which SSD does Apple use?

I've been trying to figure out which SSD drive Apple installs in their 128GB and 256GB SSD options on the MBPs (all screen sizes, I'm assuming it's the same drive). Does anyone know the manufacturer and model number of those drives? I'd like to find some benchmarks for them.
I've seen a word about them being Toshiba, but It'd be great if an owner of a machine that has them could confirm.
Cheers,
ldoogy.

Don't pay Apple's price for a SSD, especially not if you want to know what drive you'll be getting. Buy a stock MBP and replace its hard drive yourself with a SSD of your own choosing, at the best price you can find for it. You'll probably save more than a hundred dollars (maybe much more), you'll have the factory hard drive to use for backup or extra storage, and you may get a much faster drive than Apple would provide. And you'll get the manufacturer's warranty, which may be longer than Apple's.
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