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Samsung announces 256GB solid-state drive |
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Written by Sanjin Maneslovic
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008 |
 High-capacity solid state drives are picking up steam. After Super Talent's first stab at a 256GB SSD in March, Samsung has unveiled a much faster model based on multi-level cell flash technology. Samsung claims its new SSD can hit 200MB/s during sequential reads and 160MB/s during sequential writes, all through a 300MB/s Serial ATA interface. That's 2-3 times faster than both conventional hard drives and Super Talent's SSD.
Samsung's new 256GB SSD also features a "sophisticated data encryption process,and a standard 2.5" form factor with a 9.5-mm thickness. Because the drive uses multi-level cells, Samsung says it will cost "considerably less" than current single-level-cell-based SSDs.
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