The SSD has been on the market for a while now and the prices of SSDs are finally starting to come down. When they first became available, a small SSD could run into the $1000 range. Today you can get a nice SSD for about $300.

Samsung has announced a new SATA-interface SSD that can be used for either primary storage or as a complementary drive to boost performance. The SSD uses a mini-card form factor and is very rugged. The SSD measures 30mm x 51mm and is 3.75mm thick.

Weight for the SSD is only 8.5g and it needs 0.3W of power to operate. Capacities available include 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB and Samsung says that the drive has 200MB/s read speed and 100MB/sec write speeds.

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