Samsung's 128GB SSD will be demonstrated in a notebook PC -write speed of 70MB/s and a read speed of 100MB/s

[j o a r]

On Jan 7, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Kevin Callahan wrote:

> The announcements include the world's first 128GB Flash memory card  
> to be made available for mass-market implementations. These drives  
> will be launched later in the year in 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch versions.
>
> Samsung's 128GB SSD will be demonstrated in a notebook PC at CES  
> 2008 in its Semiconductor Product Showcase, Room N236, at the Las  
> Vegas Convention Center. It offers a write speed of 70MB/s and a  
> read speed of 100MB/s. It also offers a 3.0 gigabit-per-second SATA  
> II interface and low power consumption (c.0.5-Watts in active mode).


Great news! Perhaps the era of spinning disk storage is finally coming  
to an end?
It would be interesting to know what type of price and MTBF that  
they're expecting these devices to have.

j o a r