Remember the story that said
Samsung was developing 32GB solid state drives for use in the its PCs? Well,
it is happening sooner than I thought.
Samsung says they will have two PCs ready
next month that use solid state drives (SSD). Two devices will be unveiled: Q1,
an ultra-mobile computing device; and Q30, a 12.1-inch screen notebook PC.
The retail price for the Q1-SSD is $2,430, while the Q30-SSD sells for $3,700.
The solid state drive can withstand about twice the impact that would cripple
a regular hard disk drive. In addition, stored data can be easily retrieved from
flash memory than hard drives when PCs are dropped or liquid is spilled on the
device, Samsung added.
The drive's read time of 53 Mpbs is three times faster than hard drives, while
write time of 28 Mbps is 150 percent faster. Samsung added the Q1-SSD will show
video or still photos as well as play audio without having to be booted up
first.
