Samsung's 64-GB Solid-State Drive

Anonymous Howard writes "Just a couple of weeks ago Sandisk introduced a 32-GB solid-state drive. Now Samsung has one-upped them, unveiling a 64-GB solid-state drive. They are expecting to begin shipping in the second quarter of this year. Samsung says the device can read 64 MB/s, write 45 MB/s, and uses just 0.5 W when operating (0.1 W when idle). In comparison, an 80-GB 1.8-inch hard drive reads at 15 MB/s, writes at 7 MB/s, and consumes 1.5 W when either operating or idle. No pricing yet."

Re:finally, one big enough for regular use

[tritonman]

I would need to buy like 10 of these for my pr0n collection, no thanks!

Re:Performance?

[stratjakt]

They're called "wait states" and the number of them really depends on the depth of the decoding logic.

You know, those SDRAM timings that x-trememe overclockers 2 the max use to fully run 3dmarks to the xtreme maxx.

Re:Put pagefile somewhere else?

[Pike]

no, but your browser will need the latest Adobe plugins in order for your operating system to boot properly.

Re:Put pagefile somewhere else?

[Pyrion]

Personally, I'm hoping more for being able to find a Gigabyte iRAM locally now that in a couple of days I'll have about 2GB in 512MB sticks left over after a RAM upgrade.

That's the kind of thing a pagefile should be mapped to - a ramdisk. ;)

Re:I would spend serious money for a laptop drive

[zippthorne]

one more downside, perhaps: zero noise. How will you know the difference between a hang and simple thrashing without being able to put your ear to the chassis and listen to the disk doing what it does?

Re:Heat and Noise?

[njchick]

... which leaves 0W for the noise.

Re:Heat and Noise?

[Anonymous Coward]

...because electrons are known for screaming at the top of their tiny, tiny lungs as they course through solid state circuitry.

Re:Price: $500ish?

[tsalaroth]

I'm sorry, Doug is in the server room, swapping Zip disks. How can I help you?