Samsung Launches Hybrid HDD with Flash Memory

BeforeSeagate told me that it is due, Hybrid HDD combining nonvolatile flash memory and HDD is said to be released from Samsung ahead of the world. The above picture is real one.

When installing the hybrid HDD, it improves speed such as returning from the hibernation state of the machine than when loading the normal HDD, and has the effect of suppressing the consumption of the battery.

Details are as follows.
Samsung Samples First Hybrid Hard Drive

According to this article, Samsung will ship a 2.5-inch hybrid HDD "MH80" for notebook PCs with 128 MB or 256 MB nonvolatile flash memory as OEM product. There are three kinds of lineups: 80, 120, and 160 GB. It is unclear about sales at retail stores and the timing of 3.5-inch model appearance.

Note that the flash memory mounted in this hybrid HDD,"Windows ReadyBoost" that allows USB memory and SD card to be added memory in Windows VistaUnlike it seems to function as direct cache memory of HDD.

Is it a perfect HDD for a laptop with a severe battery?

There are detailed pictures on the link below.

Image Gallery | TG Daily

By the way the price is unknown at this time. I hope it is cheap.