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Samsung's 64-GB Solid-State Drive

Posted by kdawson on from the we-don't-need-no-steenkin-RPMs dept.

Anonymous Howard writes "Just a couple of weeks ago Sandisk introduced a 32-GB solid-state drive. Now Samsung has one-upped them, unveiling a 64-GB solid-state drive. They are expecting to begin shipping in the second quarter of this year. Samsung says the device can read 64 MB/s, write 45 MB/s, and uses just 0.5 W when operating (0.1 W when idle). In comparison, an 80-GB 1.8-inch hard drive reads at 15 MB/s, writes at 7 MB/s, and consumes 1.5 W when either operating or idle. No pricing yet."

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  1. Re:Concerns by ChronoReverse · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Raptors can easily give you 48mb/s much less really nice drives like SAS drive. And this is before factoring in RAID.

    I don't how this would've been an issue in the days of DOS, much less with modern operating systems.