Samsung ready to release 16GB solid state hard drives

Sidney · 23rd May 2005, 07:33

SOUTH KOREAN electronics giant Samsung said it has made the first solid state disk (SSD) using NAND flash memory.
It can make SSDs to support capacities of up to 16GB, it said, suitable for notebook and tablet PCs, and with power consumption rates less than five per cent of current hard drives. That, it said, will extend the battery life of notebook PCs by over 10 per cent.

The weight savings are also considerable - SDDs will be less than half the weight of comparable hard drives.

The drives will also include performance rate by a claimed 150 per cent, with the disk reading data at 57Mbps and write speeds of 32Mbps. It also is much quieter and emits less heat than conventional hard drives.

Even though they have a very diferent structure than conventional HDDs, Samsung said that they will design them to look the same, for compatibility purposes.

Samsung said it will release a 1.8-inch SDD in August this year, but has developed 2.5-inch drives using 16 NAND flash memories of 4Gbit or 8Gbit densities. The 1.8-inch SDDs will also come in 4GB and 8GB flavours, Samsung said. µ

http://theinquirer.net/?article=23425

23rd May 2005, 10:02

Will these be faster than the 74GB Raptor?
If it does I would seriously consider putting my Operating system in it.

Will they actually be usable for a desktop?

jmke · 23rd May 2005, 10:22

I don't think so

Quote:

Originally posted by lazyman
The drives will also include performance rate by a claimed 150 per cent, with the disk reading data at 57Mbps and write speeds of 32Mbps.

Bosw8er · 23rd May 2005, 10:47

12-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader

23rd May 2005, 16:40

the readspeed is pretty good though if i'm not mistaken, a lot of serial ata disks don't even gen that speed

jmke · 23rd May 2005, 16:47

I've seen solid state drives before; it uses RAM & PCI card to deliver impressive performance; it's expensive as hell of course

http://www.avatar.demon.nl/cenatek.html

with PCIe and cheaper RAM this might become very interesting though as system drive; Windows (and any other OS) would fly, performance would triple

Sidney · 23rd May 2005, 16:54

No moving parts = long life?

jmke · 23rd May 2005, 17:03

that's another extra. I'm trying out a software called [g]Ramdisk[/g], allows you to set up a part of your memory as disk in windows. put my Firefox cache file there, let's see if it flies

Bosw8er · 23rd May 2005, 17:25

Quote:

Originally posted by jmke
that's another extra. I'm trying out a software called [g]Ramdisk[/g], allows you to set up a part of your memory as disk in windows. put my Firefox cache file there, let's see if it flies

put your page file there

jmke · 23rd May 2005, 17:27

have you done this? because if the ramdisk software is loaded after the pagefile.. you're in ****

23rd May 2005, 07:33	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Samsung ready to release 16GB solid state hard drives SOUTH KOREAN electronics giant Samsung said it has made the first solid state disk (SSD) using NAND flash memory. It can make SSDs to support capacities of up to 16GB, it said, suitable for notebook and tablet PCs, and with power consumption rates less than five per cent of current hard drives. That, it said, will extend the battery life of notebook PCs by over 10 per cent. The weight savings are also considerable - SDDs will be less than half the weight of comparable hard drives. The drives will also include performance rate by a claimed 150 per cent, with the disk reading data at 57Mbps and write speeds of 32Mbps. It also is much quieter and emits less heat than conventional hard drives. Even though they have a very diferent structure than conventional HDDs, Samsung said that they will design them to look the same, for compatibility purposes. Samsung said it will release a 1.8-inch SDD in August this year, but has developed 2.5-inch drives using 16 NAND flash memories of 4Gbit or 8Gbit densities. The 1.8-inch SDDs will also come in 4GB and 8GB flavours, Samsung said. µ http://theinquirer.net/?article=23425 __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

23rd May 2005, 10:47	#4
Bosw8er Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,711	12-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader __________________ "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

23rd May 2005, 16:47	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,013	I've seen solid state drives before; it uses RAM & PCI card to deliver impressive performance; it's expensive as hell of course http://www.avatar.demon.nl/cenatek.html with PCIe and cheaper RAM this might become very interesting though as system drive; Windows (and any other OS) would fly, performance would triple __________________

23rd May 2005, 16:54	#7
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	No moving parts = long life? __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

23rd May 2005, 17:03	#8
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,013	that's another extra. I'm trying out a software called [g]Ramdisk[/g], allows you to set up a part of your memory as disk in windows. put my Firefox cache file there, let's see if it flies __________________

23rd May 2005, 10:02	#2
Faiakes Posts: n/a	Will these be faster than the 74GB Raptor? If it does I would seriously consider putting my Operating system in it. Will they actually be usable for a desktop?

23rd May 2005, 16:40	#5
GIBSON Posts: n/a	the readspeed is pretty good though if i'm not mistaken, a lot of serial ata disks don't even gen that speed

23rd May 2005, 17:27	#10
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,013	have you done this? because if the ramdisk software is loaded after the pagefile.. you're in **** __________________

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