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512GB Solid State Disks on the way
Flash, aah, aah, it'll save every one of us!
Samsung has announced that it has developed the world’s first 64Gb
(8GB) NAND flash memory chip using a 30nm production process, which
opens the door for companies to produce memory cards with up to 128GB
of storage and flash SSDs with capacities of half a Terabyte.
With
flash memory becoming increasing used in consumer electronic devices,
such as MP3/MP4 players, digital cameras and mobile phones, the
increased capacity would allow for a significant increase in the
quantity and quality of data stored. For example, a single memory card
built using 16 of the new chips would be capable of storing the
equivalent of 27 single-layer DVDs.
Perhaps more interesting for Custom PC
readers is the prospect of solid state drives (SSDs) with capacities
that rival typical hard disk drives. In our Dream PC Labs test we found
that the Vadim system,
which uses four 32GB SSDs in RAID 0, was significantly quicker than PCs
using conventional hard disk drives, so two (or four) 512GB SSDs in
RAID 0 could prove to be the ultimate storage system.
That said, given that the price of Samsung’s current 32GB SSD is £243 inc VAT from Scan,
you’d probably need a bank balance to rival that of Roman Abramovich in
order to buy four 512GB drives. You’ve got time to save up though,
because products using the chips aren't due to appear until 2009.
Source: BBC
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When I was first at work in electronics in the mid-seventies, I remember Inmos in the UK triumphantly announcing its release of one of the first 64K (yes just 65,536 BITS) memory. And that was just a RAM.. The IBM 360/65 which supported all our college computer training had a huge 360KB core memory, with a Tardis-sized magnetic drum extension to a monumental 2Megabytes. We thought it was staggering. This was a few years before the first 30MB \
Comment by threadgold at 1:53am 30th October 2007
The MTBF for the solid state drives is about 2 million hours - 6 times MORE reliable than a notebook HD. They also employ a location shifting function to assure that different parts of the drive are utilized. Expect to see all drives become solid state in about 7-10 years., and movable type ones to go the way of the 3.5" floppy.
Comment by francis at 5:10pm 28th October 2007
Well not really Current flash levelling techniques implemented in flash controllers are quite good in wear control Apparently if you write over the whole drive 3 times a day a flash drive still lasts 10 years There are plenty of calculations and discussions already. Sorry I am lazy to quote figures but they are easy to find
Comment by Roland at 5:04pm 28th October 2007
Surely these solid state drives can only be used for occasional storage because of the restricted number of possible read/write cycles. If so they can not be used in place of conventional hard disk drives.
Comment by Sorcerer17 at 9:30am 27th October 2007
poor writing speeds, but once u install windows on one of these babies, you will be luaghing at the boot up times :)
Comment by Lightning_Pete at 4:35pm 24th October 2007
Just like any tech it'll launch at an extremely high price, sell very few but gain lots of praise then, within 6-12 months, be available to most people. Looking forward to using them in the future, especially as it's quite often HDD's that really limit a systems overall performance.
Comment by D_Cypher at 6:29pm 23rd October 2007
At least things are moving in this part of the industry. Obviously a 500GB drive is fantastic but hopefully it will mean that something like 128GB or 256GB versions might be available at reasonable prices. Infact even a 64GB drive would be enough for running benchmarks and storing games. Lets hope they improve the write speed too.
Comment by combatus at 12:43pm 23rd October 2007
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