Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/07/ces_sams_128gb_ssd/
CES Samsung isn't the first manufacturer to take the wraps off a laptop-friendly 500GB hard drive - take a bow, Hitachi (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/03/hitachi_tips_500gb_laptop_drive/) - but it did claim today to be the first to announce a 9.5mm-high unit. It also touted a 128GB solid-state drive for notebooks.
Samsung's SpinPoint M6: half a terabyte
The SpinPoint M6 follows the standard 2.5in form-factor for notebook hard drives. It contains 8MB of cache, has a 3Gb/s SATA interface and is fitted with the now obligatory sudden-drop sensor. Some versions come with a second detector, this time for rotational vibration.
The 500GB Spinpoint M6 is expected to go on sale in March.
Samsung's 128GB SSD
The tightest Samsung could narrow down the availability of its 2.5in 128GB SSD was sometime before July. It did say the drive will use a 3Gb/s SATA interface and offer a write speed of 70MB/s – a record for this type of drive, it claimed.
The SSD reads data at 100MB/s. Samsung said it uses native command queuing and spread-spectrum clocking to add to its higher performance levels. The drive also features device/host-initiated power management for an “exceptionally low” power consumption level of 0.5W in active mode.
The company also claimed the drive will offer a mean time between failures (MTBF) of one million hours.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/03/26/seagate_ssd_patent_threat/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/03/25/wd_ships_passport_elite/
Fujitsu fetes 'first' 320GB, 7200rpm laptop drive (25 March 2008)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/03/25/fujitsu_first_320gb_7200rpm/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/25/fujitsu_preps_500gb_laptop_hdd/
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/21/pliant_startup_decloaking/
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/09/bitmicro_ultra_320_ssd/
Flash makers tout near-term speed, capacity boosts (7 February 2008)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/07/flash_chip_advances/
HP plunks 16GB SSD drive into slim business PCs (26 January 2008)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/26/hp_adds_ssd_to_dc7800/
Seagate releases 250GB laptop HDD (22 January 2008)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/22/seagate_ships_250gb_hdd/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/15/iomega_ego_storage/
Samsung's F700V to be all-white on the night? (15 January 2008)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/15/samsung_f700_white/
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/14/emc_adds_ssds_symmetrix/
Samsung rolls out Croix-based F490 (11 January 2008)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/11/samsung_f490/
Digital camera promises musical photos (8 January 2008)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/08/samsung_i8/
Samsung touts tiny HD digital camera (8 January 2008)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/08/samsung_nv24/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/03/hitachi_tips_500gb_laptop_drive/
Intel readies 16GB SSD for UMPCs (18 December 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12/18/intel_preps_16gb_umpc_ssd/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12/10/toshiba_roadmaps_ssds/
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