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Korean memory giant Samsung demonstrated the world's first 32GB NAND flash-based hard drive today during the third annual Samsung Mobile Solution Forum in Taipei, Taiwan. The move doubles capacity from last year's maximum of 16 gigabytes.

Like all great new technologies, Samsung's solid-state drive (SSD) merrily thrashes current generation solutions - 1.8-inch hard drive-based devices from the likes of Toshiba - in all key areas. According to the company, when compared to a traditional drive, their 32GB SSD is:

* Faster: read / write speeds of 57MB/s and 32MB/s respectively, compared to around 15 megabytes per second.
* Lighter: at 15 grams, less than a quarter of the weight (61g)
* Uses less power: one third less actually - 0.5W vs 1.5W
* More durable: SSDs have no moving parts; no heads to crash
* Silent: a spinning hard disk generates heat and noise. Flash drives do neither

Source : http://www.bit-tech.net/