Electronics Express Europe Henri Arnold

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(06/03/2005 4:33 AM ET)

Schwalbach/Taunus, Germany — Samsung Electronics claims the first Solid State Disk (SSD) based on NAND Flash memory technology. The low power, lightweight storage medium for notebook PCs, sub-notebook PCs and tablet PCs uses the industry`s highest density 8Gb (Gigabit) NAND Flash. Samsung can build SSDs with a capacity of up to 16GB. The SSD has a power consumption rate 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 also weighs less than half that of a comparably sized HDD. Free of moving parts, the memory has minimal noise and heat emission. Moreover, it is a highly reliable storage medium that endures exceptionally well in environments with extreme temperatures and humidity, making it suited for industrial and military applications. The SSD`s performance rate exceeds that of a comparably sized HDD by more than 150 percent. The storage disk reads data at 57 MegaBytes per second (MBps) and writes at 32MBps. To ensure compatibility, the SSDs have been designed to look like HDDs fromthe outside. Samsung has developed a full line up of SSDs: 2.5`` type SSDs that carry 16 NAND Flash devices of 4Gbit or 8Gbit density for 8GBytes and16GByte of storage respectively. 1.8`` type SSDs will also offer 4GBytes or 8GBytes of density. Samsung Semiconductor Europe GmbH , Schwalbach/Taunus, Germany. www.samsungsemi.com.