Samsung packs more speed, endurance into 850 Evo consumer SSDs

Samsung is promising faster, more durable and error-free solid-state drives with 850 Evo, which are its first consumer storage devices based on homegrown 3D memory technology.The 850 Evo will come in storage capacities of 128GB (US$99.99), 250GB ($149.99), 500GB ($269.99) and 1TB ($499.99). The drives, which will be available later this month, can be plugged into SATA storage slots in laptops and desktops.The biggest advance in 850 Evo is the use of 3D V-NAND memory technology, which gives th