Samsung 256GB SSD is World's Fastest

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday May 26, 2008 @01:00AM from the i-write-faster-with-a-pencil dept.

i4u submitted one of many holiday weekend slow news day stories which starts "Samsung Electronics announced today the world's fastest, 2.5", 256GB multi-level cell (MLC) based solid state drive (SSD) using a SATA II interface. Performance data of the new Samsung 256GB SSD features a sequential read speed of 200 megabytes per second (MB/s) and sequential write speed of 160MB/s. The Samsung MLC-based 2.5-inch 256GB SSD is about 2.4 times faster than a typical HDD. Furthermore, the new 256 GB SSD is only 9.5 millimeters (mm) thick, and measures 100.3x69.85 mm. Samsung is expected to begin mass producing the 2.5-inch, 256GB SSD by year end, with customer samples available in September. A 256GB capacity is getting large enough to replace hard-drives for good — now just the prices just need to come down further for large capacity SSDs."

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Random write ops? by Fweeky · 2008-05-26 01:03 · Score: 0, Troll

So, can this one push more than 20 random writes per second?
Re:Seems like the complexity is lower by __aamnbm3774 · 2008-05-26 03:04 · Score: 0, Troll

Then explain how cassettes were selling less than CD's when they were first introduced?

Over time and with current gas prices, I can comprehend 17 dollar CD's, but I'm talking about before the MP3 era and before any type of internet radio. They took advantage of the excited market to keep music prices inflated and rip us off. (when we didn't have a choice)

Please quit your job at the RIAA.