Samsung Mass Produces Fast 256GB SSDs 280
Lucas123 writes "Samsung said it's now mass producing a 256GB solid state disk that it says has sequential read/write rates of 220MB/sec and 200/MBsec, respectively. Samsung said it focused on narrowing the disparity of read/write rates on its SSD drive with this model by interleaving NAND flash chips using eight channels, the same way Intel boosts its X25 SSD. The drive doubles the performance of Samsung's previous 64GB and 128GB SSDs. 'The 256GB SSD launches applications 10 times faster than the fastest 7200rpm notebook HDD,' Samsung said in a statement."
No price yet (Score:5, Funny)
Damn -- How can I bitch about how expensive it is when they won't even tell me!
keep it up (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yeah but it costs how much? (Score:5, Funny)
Why? You're not using it anyway.
Re:No price yet (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yeah but it costs how much? (Score:5, Funny)
My left nut is an unreasonable price.
"don't worry, son, that's why God gave you two."
Re:Yeah but it costs how much? (Score:5, Funny)
My left nut is an unreasonable price.
"don't worry, son, that's why God gave you two."
Two left nuts? Isn't that the cure for two left feet?
Re:10,000 RPM (Score:5, Funny)
It isn't dead until Netcraft confirms it.
SSD = Single Sided Disc (Score:3, Funny)
I never thought a Single Sided Disc (SSD)
would ever be able to hold so much data . . .
Re:SSD = Single Sided Disc (Score:5, Funny)
W O W .
I never thought a Single Sided Disc (SSD)
would ever be able to hold so much data . .
Just try installing one flipped. Cutting the notch will surely be a bitch.
Re:SSD = Single Sided Disc (Score:5, Funny)
You fail at acronyms.
Re:Yeah but it costs how much? (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, it'll be 1 to 3 organs, depending on demand. Demand for soft organs is red-hot right now, so it's pretty well sure to be a triple-donation. Probably the usual combo: eyeball, kidney, testicle. If they want bone, they'll take an arm or a leg, but we haven't done a limb-cut in days.
Re:SSD = Single Sided Disc (Score:3, Funny)
You fail at acronyms.
"Sizzd"?
Re:No price yet (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Powers of Two (Score:5, Funny)
If a 256GB SSD drive is only 256 million bytes, I'm a lot more concerned about the missing factor of ~1000 than the binary/decimal notation.
Re:10,000 RPM (Score:5, Funny)
1 TB of SSD today = 17 * $150 [newegg.com] = $2,550.
1 TB conventional storage = $95 [newegg.com].
SSDs are still over 25 times as expensive. They will improve quickly, but they need to hit a moving target to kill conventional drives.
A perfect choice for RAVED - Redundant Array of Very Expensive Disks.
Re:Yeah but it costs how much? (Score:3, Funny)
You've been watching Lexx lately haven't you. Next thing you'll know, you'll start referring to His Great Shadow every third sentence.
Re:Yeah but it costs how much? (Score:3, Funny)
His Divine Shadow, but who's counting?
Re:10,000 RPM (Score:4, Funny)
If you need only 64 GB of storage, as most handhelds, laptops, and desktops do
My laptop has a 250GB drive that's almost full with work files. I haven't had less than a few hundred GB of storage on a desktop for almost a decade.
Hell, even my iPod is 80GB, and almost full.
Are you from the past?
Re: SSDs vs HDDs (Score:3, Funny)
No fans? Do you want some roasted nuts? :P
Re:cant wait (Score:3, Funny)
Re:No price yet (Score:1, Funny)
Worse than that, he RTFA.
Re:10,000 RPM (Score:2, Funny)
What about RAPED? That seems more appropriate...
(Reduntant Array of Patently Expensive Disks)
Re:10,000 RPM (Score:1, Funny)
How about Redundant Array of Pretty Expensive Disks (RAPED). "We got RAPED for disks in this purchase order!". AFAIK, it's the only configuration IBM sells.