Fw: Samsung 256GB SSD is World's Fastest

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i4u submitted one of many holiday weekend slow news day stories which
starts "Samsung Electronics announced today the world's fastest, 2.5",
256GB multi-level cell (MLC) based solid state drive (SSD) using a SATA
II interface. Performance data of the new Samsung 256GB SSD features a
sequential read speed of 200 megabytes per second (MB/s) and sequential
write speed of 160MB/s. The Samsung MLC-based 2.5-inch 256GB SSD is
about 2.4 times faster than a typical HDD. Furthermore, the new 256 GB
SSD is only 9.5 millimeters (mm) thick, and measures 100.3x69.85 mm.
Samsung is expected to begin mass producing the 2.5-inch, 256GB SSD by
year end, with customer samples available in September. A 256GB
capacity is getting large enough to replace hard-drives for good — now
just the prices just need to come down further for large capacity SSDs."

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