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| Samsung Ships NAND Flash-Based Solid State Disk for Mobile PCs Samsung Electronics Co. has announced that it has begun offering a 32-Gigabyte NAND flash-based solid state disk - marking the first time that NAND flash has moved into mobile computing applications. The 32GB Flash-SSD, which serves the same purpose as a hard disk drive, is a data storage medium for notebooks and other mobile computers. It uses instantly-accessible, non-moving NAND flash memory instead of the rotating discs found in hard drives; therefore can upload and download data quickly and quietly with minimal power consumption. The Flash-SSD weighs only half as much as a comparably-sized hard drive, but reads data three times faster and writes data 1.5 times faster. The SSD uses just five percent of the electricity needed to power a hard disc drive and is noiseless. Its design is free of any motor or other mechanical parts. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |