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Samsung: 128 GB SSDs in large volume
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Written by Nicolas Gridelet
Published on July 9, 2008

URL: http://www.behardware.com/news/lire/09-07-2008/#9819

Yesterday, Samsung, one of the pioneers of the SSD, announced that mass production of several new models in 1.8" and 2" ½ format with a capacity of 128 GB and based on MLC chips has just begun. Others limited to 64 GB should also be mass produced starting this month. All use the SATA-II interface.

In terms of performances, there will be reading/writing speeds of 70 MB/s and 90 MB/s which will enable them to rival certain SSDs equipped with more expensive SLC memory. Some rather good news is that power consumption was announced at 0.5W in use and 0.2W in standby. Otherwise, the Korean manufacturer took advantage of the occasion to reaffirm that a 256 GB model would enter into production at the end of the year.