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Samsung Builds Solid State Disk
Techtree News Staff, May 23, 2005 1606 hrs ISTSamsung has announced that it has developed the first Solid State Disk (SSD) based on NAND Flash memory technology.
Samsung has announced that it has developed the first Solid State Disk (SSD) based on NAND Flash memory technology.
The NAND-based SSD is a low power, lightweight storage media for notebook PCs, sub-notebook PCs and tablet PCs. Using the industry's highest density 8 Gb (Gigabit) NAND Flash, Samsung said it could build SSDs with a capacity of up to 16 GB.
According to the company the SSD has a power consumption rate that is less than five percent of today's hard disk drives (HDDs), enabling next generation mobile PCs to extend their battery life by more than 10 percent. The NAND-based SSD weighs less than half that of a comparably sized HDD.
Free of moving parts, the SSD memory according to Samsung has minimal noise and heat emission. Moreover, the company maintains that it is a highly reliable storage media that endures exceptionally well in environments with extreme temperatures and humidity, making it suited for industrial and military applications.
Samsung also claims that the SSD's performance rate exceeds that of a comparably sized HDD by more than 150 percent. The storage disk reads data at 57MBps and writes it at 32MBps.
To ensure compatibility, the SSDs have been designed to look like HDDs from the outside. Samsung has developed a full line up of SSDs: 2.5-inch type SSDs that carry 16 NAND Flash devices of 4 Gbit or 8 Gbit density for 8 GB and 16 GB of storage respectively. 1.8-inch type SSDs will also offer 4 GB or 8 GB of density.
The 1.8-inch type SSD will be available in August 2005 for sub-notebook and tablet PCs.
Samsung expects NAND flash applications to expand from current applications in digital still cameras (DSCs), MP3 players, and 3G mobile handsets to mobile and digital consumer appliances, as NAND Flash becomes more widely recognized as a high-density, data storage medium for consumer demands.
The NAND-based SSD is a low power, lightweight storage media for notebook PCs, sub-notebook PCs and tablet PCs. Using the industry's highest density 8 Gb (Gigabit) NAND Flash, Samsung said it could build SSDs with a capacity of up to 16 GB.
According to the company the SSD has a power consumption rate that is less than five percent of today's hard disk drives (HDDs), enabling next generation mobile PCs to extend their battery life by more than 10 percent. The NAND-based SSD weighs less than half that of a comparably sized HDD.
Free of moving parts, the SSD memory according to Samsung has minimal noise and heat emission. Moreover, the company maintains that it is a highly reliable storage media that endures exceptionally well in environments with extreme temperatures and humidity, making it suited for industrial and military applications.
Samsung also claims that the SSD's performance rate exceeds that of a comparably sized HDD by more than 150 percent. The storage disk reads data at 57MBps and writes it at 32MBps.
To ensure compatibility, the SSDs have been designed to look like HDDs from the outside. Samsung has developed a full line up of SSDs: 2.5-inch type SSDs that carry 16 NAND Flash devices of 4 Gbit or 8 Gbit density for 8 GB and 16 GB of storage respectively. 1.8-inch type SSDs will also offer 4 GB or 8 GB of density.
The 1.8-inch type SSD will be available in August 2005 for sub-notebook and tablet PCs.
Samsung expects NAND flash applications to expand from current applications in digital still cameras (DSCs), MP3 players, and 3G mobile handsets to mobile and digital consumer appliances, as NAND Flash becomes more widely recognized as a high-density, data storage medium for consumer demands.
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