Chris Gohlke
05-24-2005, 03:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,101946,00.html?source=x10' target='_blank'>http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,101946,00.html?source=x10</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Samsung Electronics Co. is touting a replacement for conventional hard disk drives that's based on flash memory chips. The company said today it plans to begin mass production of the device in August. The solid-state disk (SSD) uses memory chips in place of the mechanical recording system used inside hard disk drives and has several advantages including lower power consumption and higher data rates, according to Samsung. Flash memory technology isn't new, and the advantages have been known for years. But such disks have never been commercially produced because flash has one big disadvantage over hard disk storage: It's much more expensive."</i><br /><br />I thought flash memory chips also had a limited number of times it could be rewritten. Granted, I believe it is a pretty high number so it is doubtful you would ever hit it with the manner we currently use flash memory. But wouldn't using them as a true hard disk involve a much higher number of rewrites and possibly a much shorter live? If that has been overcome then this could be great. I don't use that much space on my laptops drive (currently using 6 GB of a 60 GB drive), so this could be ideal for users like me.