Samsung Launches Fastest 64GB Drive
By Kim Yoo-chul
Staff Reporter
Samsung Electronics has unveiled the industry’s fastest solid-state drive (SSD) that will be installed in notebooks from Dell and some Japanese companies.
The 2.5-inch 64-gigabit SATA2 using a finer 51-nanometer class technology provides a sequential write speed of 100 megabits per second and sequential read speed of 120 megabits, and a higher degree of reliability, which exceed traditional rotating disk drives, according to the company.
The latest drive consumes 50 percent less power to optimize a notebook’s battery life, helping high-end users who rely heavily on stored data with less susceptibility to shocks and vibrations, Samsung said.
SSDs use a flash chip as a storage device and does not have a motor and operating device, thereby not generating heat and noise while operating.
``We will develop 128-gigabit SSDs in the second half of 2008,’’ a Samsung spokesperson said, adding that the drives will be supplied to other major PC makers as well.
``The new device is poised to fuel the rapidly expanding market for solid state drives from laptops to corporate servers and other high-performance storage applications,’’ the official added.
Industry research firm Web-Feet Research expects the NAND flash-based SSD market to show a 74 percent compounded annual growth from this year through 2010 to reach $10.1 billion in 2012 from the current $570 million.