Samsung introduced a new lineup of SATA II drives in 1.8" and 2.5" form-factors. Samsung's new drives promise sequential write speeds of 100MB/sec and sequential reads of 120MB/sec.

Today, it's Micron's turn to shine with its RealSSD solid-state drives. Micron says that its new drives will be available in both 1.8" and 2.5" form-factors and will have a native-SATA II interface -- no SATA bridge chip will be needed for the drives.

Unfortunately, Micron made no mention of the performance figures for its RealSSDs. Most manufacturers like to throw out read/write speeds for their SSDs – often times, before mass production even begins -- but Micron's hesitance to release performance figures could indicate that they aren't quite up to par with solutions from Samsung, SanDisk, Adtron and Mtron.

"SSDs are becoming the new storage medium, fundamentally altering the way data is stored," said Micron VP Dean Klein. "The storage market is ripe for innovation, and it’s an opportunity Micron is embracing given our expertise in NAND. We know how to manage NAND flash to work best with controllers, allowing us to develop an optimized SSD solution for every application."

Micron's RealSSD lineup will be available in both 32GB and 64GB varieties. The drives are currently sampling and production-spec hardware should be available during the first quarter of 2008.

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