Samsung Develops World's Fastest and Largest Capacity 2.5-inch, MLC-based (256GB) SSD with SATA II Interface
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(Business Wire)--
Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory
technology, announced today that it has developed the world's fastest,
2.5-inch, 256 Gigabyte (GB) multi-level cell (MLC) based solid state
drive (SSD) using a SATA II interface, at the fifth annual Samsung
Mobile Solution Forum held here today. Samsung's new 256GB SSD is also
the thinnest drive with the largest capacity to be offered with a SATA
II interface.
With a sequential read speed of 200 megabytes per second (MB/s)
and sequential write speed of 160MB/s, Samsung's 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.
Once introduced, the Samsung's 256GB SSD will mark the largest
capacity SSD from the global market leader in SSD sales, effectively
eliminating density as a barrier to SSD adoption in the consumer
space.
"With development of the 256GB SSD, the notebook PC is on the
brink of a second stage of evolution. This change is comparable to the
evolution from the Sony Walkman to NAND memory-based MP3 players,
representing an initial step in the shift to thinner, smaller
SSD-based notebooks with significantly improved performance and more
than ample storage," said Jim Elliott, vice president, memory
marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
Through major advancements in proprietary controller technology,
Samsung's new MLC 256GB SSD, besides being comparable in speed to an
SLC-based SSD, also boasts reliability equal to that of SLC SSDs, with
a mean time between failures (MTBF) of one million hours, while
costing considerably less. Power consumption is also exceptionally low
at 0.9 watts in active mode.
In addition, the drive offers a sophisticated data encryption
process that prevents data stored on the SSD from being accessed in an
unauthorized manner, even after the SSD is removed from the PC.
Overall, the number of computing units in which SSDs are being
offered is expected to increase dramatically once Samsung's previously
announced 128GB SSD and the new 256GB SSD are launched. At present,
Samsung is actively involved in high-capacity SSD design-in activities
for all of the top PC and server manufacturers from the U.S., Asia,
and Europe.
Samsung is expected to begin mass producing the 2.5-inch, 256GB
SSD by year end, with customer samples available in September. A
1.8-inch version of the 256GB SSD is expected to be available in the
fourth quarter of 2008.
According to a Q1 2008 report by the semiconductor market research
firm iSuppli, the SSD market will grow at an annualized average of 124
percent during the four-year period from 2008 until 2012. iSuppli now
projects SSD sales to increase by an additional 35 percent in 2009
over what it projected last year, 51 percent more in 2010, and 89
percent more in 2011, and continue to show dramatic increases in
subsequent years.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor,
telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies
with 2007 consolidated sales of US$103.4 billion. Employing
approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the
company consists of four main business units: Digital Media Business,
LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, and Telecommunication Business.
Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung
Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile
phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit
www.samsung.com.
Samsung Semiconductor
John Lucas, APR, 408-544-4363
Mobile: 408-712-7856
j.lucas@ssi.samsung.com
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