Samsung Electronics will launch two portable computers next month that use flash memory in place of a hard-disk drive for data storage, the company said Tuesday.
Flash memory has long been eyed as a potential replacement for hard-disk drives because it works faster, is lighter and more shock-resistant, but it’s still more expensive. Despite the costs, flash memory chip prices are coming down to a range that some specialist users might be willing pay for the benefits.
Samsung has built 32GB of NAND flash memory into a case the same size as a 1.8-inch hard-disk drive. The so-called "solid state disk" (SSD) has the same interface as a hard-disk drive, so it can be directly substituted with little extra work.
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