Samsung’s 1.8″ SSDs to Store 512GB of Data

Samsung Electronics has announced that it has developed the first 30-nanometer 64 Gigabit (Gb) Flash memory chip. This will enable the company to produce a 1.8-inch solid state drive with 512GB of data storage capacity, TG Daily reports.

Also, 16 of these 30nm 64 Gb NAND Flash chips (one chip represents 8GB of storage) can be packed into a memory card form factor, such as SD or CF-II, providing 128GB of capacity.

Samsung plans to put the chips into mass production by 2009.

Currently, the highest-capacity Samsung 1.8-inch SSD has 64GB of storage space.

The 1.8″ form factor is commonly used in consumer electronics products, as well as in some sub-notebooks and ultra-mobile PCs.

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