Samsung's Latest 512GB SSD has that SATA 6Gbps Swagger
Samsung's Latest 512GB SSD has that SATA 6Gbps Swagger
Posted 08/11/2011 at 6:29am
| by Paul Lilly
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Remember Samsung's 470 SSD series? That marked Samsung's first foray into the retail SSD market, and we rated the 256GB version a solid 8 for its competitive performance. Representing another first for Samsung, meet the PM830, the only SATA 6Gbps SSD in Samsung's stable and offered in up to 512GB of capacity.
Samsung has been sampling its SATA 6Gbps PM830 SSDs since May and is now ready for volume production. These drives pack 20nm-class 32Gb mulit-level cell (MLC) NAND memory chips incorporating the toggle DDR interface and Samsung's home brewed SSD controller. Along with a SATA 6Gbps interface, these drives brandish 500MB/s sequential read and 350MB/s sequential write speeds, and AES 256-bit encryption.
"Samsung’s new line up of advanced SSDs will raise the performance bar to the next level for ultra-slim notebooks and tablets and accelerate growth of the market for high-performance SSDs," said Wanhoon Hong, executive vice president, memory sales & marketing, Device Solutions, Samsung Electronics. "The industry is expected to quickly embrace SATA 6Gb/s-based SSDs, which also will help increase market interest in 256GB and higher densities significantly."
It's unlikely you'll find these drives in the retail sector, and instead Samsung is targeting premium OEM notebooks and tablets. Look for them to appear in such items by the end of the year in 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB capacities.
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Happy
August 11, 2011 at 9:00am
It seems like almost every week there's new news about a faster or bigger or more reliable SSD coming to market but yet the price still isn't coming down to reasonable levels. It seems like SSDs will perpetually be getting faster and faster but will always be the same price and will never drop to a reasonable level because of the constant improvement. Ugh.
ddz49
August 11, 2011 at 7:29pm
You'd still be getting more for your money, if you look at it that way. Now that I mention it, the "way" you look at it is also flawed by one simple reason: it's wrong. Back in the August 2010 issue of the magazine, they did a SSD mini-roundup. In it, they reviewed the then "blazing fast" Vertex 2 100GB which sold for $400. Now, the same one costs $189.99 with a measly $2.99 for shipping (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227529). If you argue that what you were saying was that SINCE SSDs inprove the prices for their capacities never go down because of their currentness, I am very happy to report that, again, you are wrong in that respect. A MAX IOPS version of the Vertex 3 120GB right now (the most directly comparable SSD of this time period to the Vertex 2 in August) costs $284.99, with free shipping (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227529). Granted, that is more than the Vertex 2 right now, but prices have indeed dropped with features being added. You can also account for the extra pricing to be the extra 20GB, as the 100GB Vertex 3 isn't out.
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