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Samsung Electronics has started cultivating a new Flash memory market by producing large-capacity solid-state drives. The company said Tuesday it started shipping 2.5-inch 64GB SSDs to the world¡¯s second largest PC maker Dell. The new drives will be installed in Dell¡¯s premium notebooks, which will go commercial late this year. Unlike existing hard disc drives, SSDs use a Flash chip as a storage device and lack a motor and operating device, so they do not generate heat and noise while operating and boast improved shock-resistance.
Samsung said the new drives will be supplied to other major PC makers as well. Demand for Flash chips is expected to surge once Dell starts mass-producing notebooks with Samsung¡¯s SSDs. Market researcher iSuppli predicts that with a rapid growth of the SSD market, PCs will account for 20 percent of applications of flash chips by 2011.
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