Samsung intros news SSDs for low-priced PCs
Sammy today announced that it has begun sampling low-density, higher-performance solid state drives that are only 30 percent of the size of 2.5-inch SSDs and highly cost-efficient to manufacture. The new disks are targeted towards low cost computer systems (such as netbooks). These smaller, low-capacity SSDs now offers an attractive replacement for existing hard drives used in low-cost PCs, and come in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB storage capacities.
Samsung’s new MLC-based SSD at 32GB capacity will read data (sequentially) at 90MB/s and write it (sequentially) at 70MB/s – performance levels much greater than low-density SSDs on the market today. The 16GB reads at 90MB/s and writes at 45MB/s, while the 8GB reads at 90MB/s and writes at 25MB/s.
Samsung incorporates four individual 16 gigabit (Gb) MLC NAND chips in its 8GB SSD, as well as four dual-die packages and four quad-die packages of 16Gb NAND for its 16GB and 32GB SSDs respectively. Furthermore, by including a 32MB DRAM as the buffer and four-channel system for the new low-density SSDs, these solutions are better suited for high-speed reading environments.
The new multi-level-cell SSDs will be mass produced beginning next month.
