Samsung Announces Super-Fast 256GB SSD
Price, size, speed: that's what holds back solid-state drive (SSD) adoption. With the introduction of this new SSD, Samsung claims to eliminate the size and speed constraints as issues. Samsung claims this to be the fastest SSD in existence.
This 256GB drive reads sequential data at 200MB / second, twice the rate of Samsung's previous size leader, a 128GB model, while also providing an even greater increase in write speeds: 160MB / second vs. 70MB / second.
In a press release, Jim Elliott, vice president, memory marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. said:
"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."Samsung also claims better reliability, with longevity as good or better than some rotating hard disks.
Samsung expecteds to begin mass producing the 2.5-inch, 256GB SSD by year end, with customer samples in September. A 1.8-inch version of the 256GB SSD is expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2008.What's not mentioned in the press release: price. Although it appears size and speed of SSDs is improving, cost is still way out of reach of most consumers. I don't expect this drive to be any different.
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Glad SSD is evolving so quickly the size and speed of these things is at a good standard already to make it more than just a fleeting thought to home users, the price will obviously be an issue to begin with but the more companys who can jump on board and support SSD in the marketing of their PC's may help with the price factor sooner than later once Companys gain money back from their Marketing & R&D into SSD tech'i hope atleast thats the case.
BTW - i like your blog mate very nuetral feel about it keep up the posting :-)
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