Monday, May 26th 2008
Samsung to Launch Super Fast 256GB SSD Later This Year
Samsung late on Sunday announced definite plans to launch a breathtakingly fast flash memory-based solid-state disk that's also world's first to boast a 256GB capacity. Samsung's multi-level cell (MLC) based SSD, which was unveiled in prototype form during the company's fifth annual Mobile Solution Forum event in Taipei, has a 2.5-inch form factor and SATA 3.0 Gbps interface. It is only 9.5 mm thick, and measures 100.3x69.85 mm. Sequential read/write speeds for this drive are also something that's worth noting: 200MB/s read and 160MB/s write, or roughly 2.4 times faster than a typical HDD. In addition, the drive offers a sophisticated data encryption process that prevents data stored on the SSD from being accessed in an unauthorized manner, even after the SSD is removed from the PC. Samples of the drive will be available to customers from September with mass production due by the end of the year. A smaller 1.8-inch version of the 256GB SSD is also expected to be available in the fourth quarter of this year.
Source:
Gizmodo
26 Comments on Samsung to Launch Super Fast 256GB SSD Later This Year
Now I'm eagerly waiting for the specs of Intel SDDs...
... for the price to drop to something approaching twice the price of a normal HDD, I think i'd stump up for one then.
also the time of live for this... SSD
the drive is 2.5" not 3.5"...
I'm actually putting in an order right now for some new hard drives for my system. Couple 750's and 4 250's, and it's coming to $575. That's like one 32GB SSD :)
modern flash drives do not have this limitation... you're probably too young, but were you aware first gen magnetic hard drives had a very limited amount of write operations, just like early flash? Modern hard drives have limits too, they just have a huge number. These flash drives will thousands upon thousands of operations, even if we have no specific amounts in the specifications.
And capacity and speed would bee exponential I think in SATA III or SATA IV 12Gbit/s or even faster, in case file transfer maybe 500MB or 600MB/s! longer operational life! :)
Uses less energy, no moving parts, no noise
Yepp hope in 2009 or 10 I can buy one at the right price/GB
just a thought but say i wanted to buy one of these small drives what would it be best for ? a windows drive? or maybe a few programs/games ?
qalthough noticed on the smaller drives i was looking it they have horrible read/write speeds around 56/32mbps
answer ... not as fast as the raid interface :)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-RAM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PiYgBhAkAM
the I-ram is sexy fast, but 4GB makes it hard to install anything beyond one modern app/game. (XP on its own, barely fits)
I want a couple of them too... a new one is coming soon that is SATA 3 and will hold more RAM
The problem was the original model used the PCI slot, which meant it at least had standby power when the PC was off - so you didnt lose your data. The DDR2 flavour used 5V power, so when the PC goes off... so does your data.
no matter how big or fast they get, it still sucks that you lose your data when the system goes off.