Samsung’s 256GB FlashSSD Announced

A few days ago, Samsung announced what is claimed to be the “world fastest and largest capacity 2.5” SSD” (SSD = Solid State Drive). It is certainly fast – it can read at speeds of 200MBps as well as write as speeds of 160MBps (very … Read more

Samsung 64GB SSD Review (Notebook Review)

A review of the Dell XPS M1330 with a Samsung 64GB Solid State Drive (Serial ATA-II interface no less), has been posted by Les over at NotebookReview.com. This option isn’t available across all Dell lines just yet, but will be in the following weeks. The … Read more

DDR3 Memory Being Validated, 4GB Modules

DDR3 memory, including 4GB DDR3 modules, is in the pipeline, from Samsung, Micron, and Nanya Technology. They have DDR3 memory modules that have been validated by Intel for the Centrino 2 platform, due out sometime in June. These range from 512MB to 2GB modules, however … Read more

Announced: Samsung 2.5″ 500GB Spinpoint M6

Looks like Samsung is joining Fujitsu in the 500GB Club. One difference – more platters and the Fujitsu runs at 4200rpm versus the Samsung’s 5400rpm. The new Samsung offering is called the Samsung Spinpoint M6. They also announced a new 7200rpm 250GB notebook drive, as … Read more

Announced: Samsung P200

Another announcement at CeBIT 2008 in Germany – the Samsung P200, a 12.1″ widescreen Intel Penryn-powered ultraportable (1.89kg). It’s available in Europe for 999 Euros (around $1520 USD) and may only be available in Europe, and possibly Asia (although it may make an appearance elsewhere … Read more