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From the News Desk
Tuesday, 27. May 2008
Samsung Unleashes World’s Fastest and First 256GB Flash SSD
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has developed a new solid state drive (SSD) that is expected to replace hard disk drives in laptop computers.
With a sequential read speed of 200 megabytes per second (MB/s) and sequential write speed of 160MB/s, Samsung’s multi-level cell based 2.5-inch, 256GB SSD is about 2.4 times faster than a typical HDD. Furthermore, the new 256 GB SSD is about 2.5-inches long, only 9.5 millimeters (mm) thick, and measures 100.3×69.85 mm.
A company statement said the new SSD represents a bold step in the shift to notebooks with significantly improved performance and larger storage capacities. Samsung is confident that 35 percent of its notebook computers will use the SSD by 2012.
“With development of the 256GB SSD, the notebook PC is on the brink of a second stage of evolution. This change is comparable to the evolution from the Sony Walkman to NAND memory-based MP3 players, representing an initial step in the shift to thinner, smaller SSD-based notebooks with significantly improved performance and more than ample storage,” said Jim Elliott, vice president, memory marketing, Samsung Semiconductor.
Samples of the drive will be available to customers from September with mass production due by the end of the year. A 1.8-inch version of the 256GB SSD is expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2008.
With a sequential read speed of 200 megabytes per second (MB/s) and sequential write speed of 160MB/s, Samsung’s multi-level cell based 2.5-inch, 256GB SSD is about 2.4 times faster than a typical HDD. Furthermore, the new 256 GB SSD is about 2.5-inches long, only 9.5 millimeters (mm) thick, and measures 100.3×69.85 mm.
A company statement said the new SSD represents a bold step in the shift to notebooks with significantly improved performance and larger storage capacities. Samsung is confident that 35 percent of its notebook computers will use the SSD by 2012.
“With development of the 256GB SSD, the notebook PC is on the brink of a second stage of evolution. This change is comparable to the evolution from the Sony Walkman to NAND memory-based MP3 players, representing an initial step in the shift to thinner, smaller SSD-based notebooks with significantly improved performance and more than ample storage,” said Jim Elliott, vice president, memory marketing, Samsung Semiconductor.
Samples of the drive will be available to customers from September with mass production due by the end of the year. A 1.8-inch version of the 256GB SSD is expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2008.
