Samsung introduces tiny 16 GB chip

Samsungs new solid state drive comes in 2GB, 4GB, 8GB and 16GB sizes

The tiny Samsung chip hits 16GB, it is used by flash drive direct

At this year's CES, Samsung chips are all about mobility. Samsungs CPUs will be fuelling the latest flashdrives, desktops and laptops, while its Ultra Mobile Platform chips will be powering UMPCs, UMDs and MIDs.

Alongside its processor technology, Samsung has also officially announced its new solid state drive (SSD). Here is the first picture of it. As you can see, it's about the size of a US penny and uses NAND flash memory chips for storage.

Samsung says that the chip weighs 0.6g (lighter than the average water droplet, apparently) and is 400 times smaller than a traditional 1.8-inch HDD. And, of course, there are no moving parts.
The Samsung chip is capable of read speeds of 40MB/s and write speeds of 30MB/s.

The chip is Ideal for flash drives, smartphones (and the anticipated flood of mobile internet devices in 2008), NAND chips can be combined into 2GB, 4GB, 8GB or 16GB versions.