Samsung today announced that it is now sampling a SATA-interface mini-card solid state drive with some of its customers. The newest solid state drive is designed for use in netbook computers, providing faster transfer rates. According to Sammy, its new SATA mini-card SSD expands the use of SSDs from not only being a primary storage medium, but also as a complementary drive to boost the performance of PCs with dual drive capabilities.The drive boast of rugged design, making it less susceptible to damage from jarring, jostling and dropping.

The SATA mini-card SSD form factor can be used in a combination comprised of the SSD as main memory and HDD as supporting storage space.

The drive is available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB densities, and features a sequential read rate of 200MB/s and writes data sequentially at 100MB/s.

Samsung's new netbook-targeted SSD is available with optional full disk encryption to thwart theft or any unwanted access to a netbook or other device.