256 gigabyte (GB) solid state drives for use in notebooks and desktop
PCs. sony solid state drive review
The new 256GB SSD more than doubles the performance rates of Samsung
64GB and 128GB SSDs to become the SSD with the highest overall
performance in the personal computer industry, combining sequential
read rates of 220MB/s (megabytes per second) with sequential write
rates of 200MB/s.
The Samsung 256GB SSD expedites data transfer when large multimedia
files are simultaneously read and stored. It can store 25
high-definition movies in just 21 minutes, a significant advancement
over a 7200rpm HDD, which takes about 70 minutes. Furthermore, the
256GB SSD launches applications ten times faster than the fastest
7200rpm notebook HDD.
The 256GB SSD's advanced performance can be attributed to a new,
optimized, single platform design consisting of a chip controller, NAND
flash and special drive firmware all developed by Samsung. This single
platform is designed to easily adapt to Samsung's 40nm class NAND flash
memory.
Similar in weight to a 128GB SSD (81 grams), the 2.5-inch Samsung 256GB
SSD retains the standard 9.5 millimeter (mm) drive thickness.
Samsung's 256GB SSD is also available with optional proprietary
encryption programming that provides full disk encryption, a key
feature for many corporate users.
