840 EVO mini SSD
Samsung Electronics is set to attack the global mini laptop market. On December 9, Korea’s largest IT company unveiled a smaller version of the solid state drive (SSD) which was launched August.
The new 840 EVO mini SSD realizes the same storage and functionality with one-fourth the size of the existing 840 EVO SSD. The SSD is a data storage device mainly used for laptops.
According to Samsung, the new device boasts the industry’s largest storage capacity and smallest size, with capacity expanded up to 1TB, weighing 8.5 grams and only 3.85 millimeters thick.
The new 840 EVO mini SSD uses the industry’s most compact 10 nanometer class 128Gb high-performance NAND flash memory, which Samsung began mass producing in April.
The 840 EVO mini SSD line-up is available in five capacities: 120GB, 250GB, 500GB, 750GB, and 1TB, supporting a wide range of computing requirements.
Consumers can upgrade the functionality of their laptops greatly by adding the 840 EVO mini SSD to existing notebooks.
According to research firm iSuppli, Samsung ranked first with a 22 percent share in the global SSD market last year. Last year’s sales amounted to US$1.25 billion. The global market for SSDs is expected to reach some US$10 billion this year, up around 40% from last year’s US$7 billion, according to iSuppli.