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The summer weather may be crap, but Samsung and STEC are sizzling: they have both announced new solid state drives at the Flash Memory Summit. Samsung's PM830 is a 6Gbit/s SATA interface SSD with 18GB, 256GB , and 512GB capacities. It uses toggle DDR mode and ships out sequential data reads at 500MB/sec and ships in sequential …

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  1. Steven Jones

    Writer's block...

    "The summer weather may be crap, but Samsung and STEC are sizzling"

    Or, oh hell, how do I introduce yet another boring SSD press release. I know, a nice seasonal metaphor....

  2. captain veg Silver badge

    All very well

    When are the prices going to come down? A 500% premium over HDDs is a bit of a downer.

    -A.

    1. Ammaross Danan
      Coat

      Likely....

      ...when HDDs are on par with SSD performance perhaps? There's a reason Core i7s cost more than Core i3s. Same applies to the performance difference for SSDs vs HDDs. Horses for courses and all that.

    2. Shadowmanx2009
      Unhappy

      Of course....

      I'll start getting 'excited' when SSD's no longer need 2nd mortgages to buy!

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