Being the world’s largest producer of DDR3 RAM and SSDs, this can easily be termed as an indirect marketing pitch but if rising data center costs are a concern for your company, you may want to pay heed to this. Samsung reckons use of DDR3 RAM and SSD the ‘Dynamic Duo’ is instrumental to reduce […]
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Samsung to target 256GB SSDs at gamers
Samsung has announced a 256GB SSD that will be pitched for use in gaming machines. Since gamers tend to have faster processors, better graphics cards and other advanced hardware, Samsung believes SSDs are important too that can reduce game loading times as compared to conventional HDDs and elongate battery life for notebook gamers. To […]
Samsung develops SATA based mini-card SSD
Samsung is now sampling a new breed of SSDs that could help bolster the adoption of SSDs in netbooks. The new SSDs feature a mini-PCI Express (PCIe) form factor supporting SATA 3.0GB/s interface and easily fits into the small chassis of netbooks making it work as a primary storage. It also works as a […]
Samsung brings full disk encryption to SSDs
Samsung has pulled off another industry first by bringing full disk encryption (FDE) to SSDs. The FDE solution is developed by Wave Systems and is offered on both 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch SSDs with storage sizes up to 256GB. FDE enabled SSDs automatically encrypt any information that is written onto the drive without compromising on […]
SSD and HDD prices to be in the same range, says Samsung
In a telephonic interview with CNET, Brian Beard, flash marketing manager for Samsung Semiconductor claimed that few years down the line, there will be a price parity between HDDs and SSDs. His reasoning behind this statement is that the flash memory prices have been coming down in the last five years and the trend […]