Good news on the SSD front.
Announced back in January, Samsung is now mass producing its 1.8- and 2.5-inch SSDs in both 64GB and 128GB capacities. And since these SATA II SSDs are based on MLC -- 64 MLC NAND flash chips of 16 gigabits each in the 9.5-mm thick 128GB SSD -- you can expect them to be cheap by comparison to
SLC-based SSDs and faster by comparison to traditional laptop hard disk drives while lasting about 20 times longer than the expected 4-5 year life span of that mechanical spinner. We're talking 70MB/s writes and 90MB/s reads and power consumption rated at just 0.2-watts idle or 0.5-watts when active -- far less than any of the models (including the
SSDs tested by LAPTOP) tested by
Tom's which should help put any
battery consumption concerns to rest. Heaping happy on top of good, Samsung tells us to expect the
256GB SSD to go mass production by the end of the year. Clap clap clap.
posted July 9th 2008 1:14AM
That thing looks beautiful though.
How cheap???
Nice... but where are all the PATA SSDs to upgrade our MacBook Airs?
Where, when, and how much can I buy one for?
7 months ago, the 64GB Samsung was going for $1000. So, $399 now? I can get 1TB on a conventional platter for 25¢ a GB. A 2500% price bump is not worth a 20% speed bump.
Are those BUBBLES around the drive? I'm guessing they're not trying to imply this thing is WATERPROOF!
Ok I see this in the next iphone or touch.