April 27, 2024

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[THE INVESTOR] Korean tech heavyweight Samsung Electronics said on July 24 it will roll out a new notebook computer equipped with Intel’s hyper-fast memory module next month.

The Samsung Notebook 5, slated to be unveiled in Korea and China at the end of August, will have a basic 8GB DDR4 memory module and be additionally equipped with Intel’s 16GB Optane memory module.

Optane is Intel’s trademarked term for a new class of extremely fast memory modules, which makes the speed of reading hard disk drives faster by serving as a cache that’s capable of storing and utilizing often-used data.

Optane memory allows the HDD to work two times faster than existing modules, with the speed of booting and high-capacity media work capability being five times and 4.1 times faster, respectively.

Samsung said the new notebook model will include the Window 10 operating system, Intel’s latest eighth-generation processor and a 39.6-centimeter full HD display.

By Song Seung-hyun and newswires (ssh@heraldcorp.com)