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Intel Makes 32Gb Flash

Thu May 29, 2008 6:00:53 AM #56162 Perm Link

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The new SSDs that will come out this year will be quickly replacing mechanical hard drives in notebooks. <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9954566-64.html">All that's left is pricing to come down</a>. While mechanical drives offer more storage for less price, the benefits of SSD make it the eventual winner.

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Intel's 32Gb chip will enable more cost-effective SSDs, "instantly doubling the current storage volume of these devices and driving capacities to beyond 256GB in today's standard, smaller 1.8-inch form factor," Intel said in a statement. Intel SSDs will be "introduced and ramped" in the second half of this year, said Pete Hazen, director of marketing for Intel's NAND Products Group The 32Gb chip marks a big step up from the 16Gb technology Intel introduced about a year ago. At that time, Intel announced a 50nm process. "This product is essentially the same die (chip) size as our 50nm product but double the density," said Hazen.

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Thu May 29, 2008 1:41:07 PM #56198 Perm Link

So what the benefits besides size?

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Thu May 29, 2008 1:44:23 PM #56200 Perm Link

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Fast, quieter, more energy efficient.

It's the bionic man of hard drives.

2014 is going to be a good year. More content, more streamlining. Be a part of history!

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Thu May 29, 2008 1:48:17 PM #56203 Perm Link

Got it
I Prefer size to speed, and cost.
1 millisecond is not that big of a deal (Random number, not researched)

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Thu May 29, 2008 4:05:08 PM #56222 Perm Link

I forgot to mention it is much more reliable due to no moving parts.

And random reads/writes are ridiculously faster.

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Thu May 29, 2008 5:27:44 PM #56231 Perm Link

Okay i give up Razz

i have never had a hard drive problem so i would not know.
and how fast is ridiculously fast? almost like ludicrous speed?

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Thu May 29, 2008 6:26:51 PM #56235 Perm Link

They've gone to plaid!

I've had drives die on me. Some died within days of using them. I'll be glad when I don't have to worry about a huge failure like that. SSD failures will usually mean you can't write to them anymore but the data will still be accessible.

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Fri May 30, 2008 10:15:31 AM #56351 Perm Link

Solid state drives are great for laptops and other portables (MP3 players, for example), because they are more durable and use less power (and faster, because most laptops use 5200RPM drives or slower); which is two major sticklers for portable devices.
For desktops there really is no advantage to outweigh the cost, and there never will be.

Edited at Fri May 30, 2008 6:22:39 PM

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Fri May 30, 2008 10:50:55 AM #56352 Perm Link

Thats what i mean.
Flash memory is also workable even when it goes through the wash!
A few of my usb flash drives went through the wash but are completely usable.

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