14 DAY TRIAL // It's no secret that the storage industry has taken a huge leap in terms of performance with the adoption of Solid State Drives. However, these high-performance storage solutions are still pretty far from reaching the widespread consumer awareness that traditional hard drives benefit from. Nevertheless, technology is advancing at an impressive speed and we're seeing new products being launched on the market, designed to provide an alternative to other, overpriced SSDs. On that note, today Samsung announced the debut of its new SSDs, featuring high-performance toggle-mode DDR NAND.
“The highly advanced features and characteristics of our new SSD were obtained as a direct result of an aggressive push for further development of our NAND flash technology, our SSD controller and our supportive SSD firmware,” said Dong-Soo Jun, executive vice president, memory marketing, Samsung Electronics. “Early introduction of this state-of-the-art toggle DDR solution will enable Samsung to play a major role in securing faster market acceptance of the new wave of high-end SSD technology,” he added.
Featuring a capacity of 512GB, the new SSD has been designed with an efficient 30 nanometer-class 32 gigabit chip, which the outfit began producing back in November 2009. According to Samsung, the use of its new toggle-mode DDR NAND, combined with a traditional SATA 3.0Gbps interface, enables the solid state drive to deliver speeds of up to 250MB/s read and 220MB/s write.
In addition to the high-performance specifications, the new 512GB SSD from Samsung also adds a couple of noteworthy features, such as 256-bit AES encryption. Like any modern SSD, the new model from Samsung has also been fitted with Windows 7 TRIM support, prolonging the SSD's life despite extensive use. The new 512GB also extends Samsung's densities from 64GB to 512GB.
Unfortunately, the company hasn't detailed the pricing of its new 512GB SSD, but it reportedly plans to begin volume production next month.