CES 2008: Samsung’s 128GB Solid State Drive

As solid-state drives (SSD) continue to move from PMPs and into notebook computers, manufacturers are pushing the limits so as to give picky customers as much room as they’d get on a traditional hard-drive.  Samsung is leading the charge, having announced a whopping 128GB SSD

at CES 2008.

 

The drive will be produced in 1.5-inch and 2.5-inch versions, suitable for even the most compact ultraportable laptops (and PMPs, too), and boasts a goods writing rate of 70MB/s - the industry’s highest for MLC-based SSDs.  The details reading speed is even higher at 100MB/s, helped by the 3 gigabit-per-second SATA II interface and

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