Samsung plans to launch that year a flash memory-based solid-state disk that boasts a 256G byte capacity and high-speed interface. The Samsung 256GB SSD drive will have the same structure factor as a 9.5-millimeter high 2.5-inch hard-disk drive for which it is designed to be a drop-in replacement. The prototype drive announced by the company has a read speed of 200M bytes per second (Bps)

and a sequential write speed of 160M Bps.

Samsung, which is one of the world’s largest makers of flash memory chips, is eager to see the drives become popular as their widespread use will represent a big new market for its chips. Samples of the drive will be available to customers from September with mass production due by the end of the year.

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