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NAND Flash is faster than regular Flash, although the general characteristics still hold.
1 posted on 12/18/2008 11:42:45 PM PST by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

I saw solid state and my mind immediately went to amplifiers. And it also simultaneously thought “tube amps are king.”

I’m a weird person.


2 posted on 12/18/2008 11:47:12 PM PST by wastedyears ("Life's tough... It's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne)
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Is it really a big deal to scale up SSD drives to higher capacities? Isn’t it just a matter of addition of more memory modules within the enclosure?

The thing with traditional hard-drives was that reliably enclosing the intricate electro-mechanical components into a smaller package was always complicated. In this case, the size restrictions are rather imposing.


4 posted on 12/19/2008 12:07:48 AM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
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To: smokingfrog

Just a matter of time; ‘spinning’ drives will go the way of 8-track tapes. Good riddance, I say.


5 posted on 12/19/2008 12:44:43 AM PST by RightOnline
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To: smokingfrog

if this gets cheap...man i guess i t would mean near instant startup, and a massive reduction in power requirements and indeed heat in server rooms. the battery life of a laptop would skyrocket.

or am i just wishing?

wonder what the reliability and lifetime of them are?


6 posted on 12/19/2008 12:45:59 AM PST by Irishguy (How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!!)
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To: smokingfrog

Can it calculate tips?


10 posted on 12/19/2008 1:18:26 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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