Samsung Offers SATA II Solid State Drive in Volume Production

SEOUL, South Korea--(Business Wire)--
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, leader in advanced semiconductor
technology, announced today that it has begun mass producing 64 GB
solid state drives (SSDs) with its new SATA II interface, offering the
highest performance rates in the industry for premium notebook PCs.

Able to read data at 100 megabytes per second and write it at 80
megabytes per second, Samsung's SATA II SSD is up to 60 percent faster
than SATA I drives and performs two to five times faster than
conventional hard disk drives (HDDs). It also consumes nearly 75
percent less power than typical HDDs (1.45 watts compared to 2.1
watts) and at 73 grams, SSDs are much lighter than HDDs.

"While there will always be a market for HDDs, we see growing
demand for our new SSDs, especially now that they are available with
the SATA II interface," said Jim Elliott, director, flash marketing,
Samsung Semiconductor. "SSD technology is especially viable for the
business and high-end consumer notebook markets because of its
outstanding performance, as well as the added value gained from
virtually no downtime and faster operating speeds."

Extremely reliable, the SATA II SSD is comprised primarily of
single-level-cell NAND flash memory, has no moving parts, is
noise-free, produces very little heat and is much less susceptible to
the shocks and vibrations that can be challenging to traditional disk
drives. The new SATA II SSD can resist up to 1500 Gs of shock in a
half millisecond compared to a shock resistance rating of 300 Gs in 2
milliseconds for a typical HDD.

Samsung said its 64 GB SATA II SSD, which began shipping earlier
this month, will be available as an option within the next few weeks
in select Dell and Alienware notebooks.

About Samsung Electronics

For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.

Samsung Semiconductor
John Lucas, APR, 408-544-4363 or 408-712-7856 (Mobile)
j.lucas@ssi.samsung.com
or
A&R-Edelman
Stephanie Barnes, 650-762-2958
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