Samsung Aims Low with New SSD Line

From DailyTech: Samsung announced a new line of SSDs today that it is aiming at the low-cost PC market that needs low-density drives. The new Samsung SSDs are very compact and should work very well for netbook and ultra mobile systems. Samsung says the SSDs are 30% smaller than the typical SSD on the market today and use the SATA II interface.

The SSDs will be offered in three capacities -- 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB. Samsung promises that the price of the SSDs will be low, and the price needs to be low to reach the target market Samsung is looking for. However, Samsung did not comment on pricing for the line.

The SSDs are built using Samsung's multi-level cell (MLC) NAND chips. Samsung uses four individual 16 gigabit MLC NAND chips in its 8GB SSD. The SSDs all have the same read speed of 90MB/s. The write speed of the SSDs varies depending on the storage capacity. The 32GB SSD has the highest write speed, which Samsung quotes as 70MB/s. The 16GB SSD has a write speed of 45MB/s and the 8GB SSD has a write speed of 25MB/s.

Samsung VP of Memory Marketing Jim Elliott said in a statement, "We’ve refined our manufacturing techniques and redesigned our low-density SSDs to get what the low-priced PC market is looking for in the way of improved cost, performance and availability."

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