A faster and bigger solid state drive
The march of the solid-state drive continues with Samsung’s introduction of its 512 gigabyte solid-state drive (SSD). Such higher capacity further advances the move away from hard disk drives toward the more rugged and reliable solid-state format. While hard disks were the baby boomers of their time, solid state is for the Facebook generation. Additionally, Samsung’s latest SSD has the bonus of toggle-mode DDR which is not some form of Dance Dance Revolution, but rather a method of doubling the rate of data movement without increasing the power requirements. All of which means this is quite a feat. One analogy could be “working smarter rather than working harder” – though it requires a fair amount of geekly insight to understand how exactly this is done.
The NAND or flash memory technology behind the solid state drive is what makes it possible for us to store so much more in less space in the digital format. Whether it’s thousands of images on a digital camera or thousands of tunes on an iPod to headsets and smart phones, it could be said, the state of the art is solid. And so is the state of the future. Geek designers and engineers everywhere are continually on the lookout for more capacity and faster speeds in a more reliable format. Since the solid state drive has no moving parts, it is thought to have more life in its years than hard drives. Now it could also be said to have more drive in its gears. The 512 gig SSD is one giant leap for Samsung which was previously limited to 64 gigs.