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It was only a couple of months ago when we said that Samsung was planning to roll out a new 256GB SSD by 2009. And look what we have here right now, Samsung just announced its new ultra-fast 256GB SSD. Yes, folks Samsung was really dead serious in upgrading its previously released 128GB model with this new higher capacity flashSSD.

The 256GB flashSSD doubles the reading speed of the 128mpbs model with its own 200mpbs sequential data reading speed. Even better is its writing speed which now runs at 160MB per second as compared to the 70mbps writing speed of the previous model. And not only is the 256GB SSD ultra fast, but it is also enclosed in an ultra-thin chassis which measures only 9.5mm in thickness.

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With more and more laptops beginning to offer solid-state-drives it seems inevitable that we will see two things, higher storage capacities and also lower prices. Samsung is currently producing 64GB drives and have 128GB drives that will begin vendor testing later in the year. Samsung has also announced a goal that is to double their SSD capacity on a yearly basis, which means it is logical that we could see 256GB drives becoming available sometime in 2009. While its nice to see the drive capacity beginning to grow at a quick pace, lets hope the pricing will shrink at an equally quick pace.

Via [jkOnTheRun]

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