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Taiwanese Firms To Launch a 2 Terabyte Memory Card

Posted by Hemos on from the making-them-smaller-and-smaller dept.

Krafty Koder writes "The Register is reporting that a consortium of Taiwanese firms are to launch a 2 Terabyte memory card at the Taipei International Electronics Show (Taitronics) on the 8th of October, with mass production expected to start next year. The card will measure 3.2 x 2.4 x 0.1cm according to this DigiTimes.com report" The reports say that this is supposed to be a "new type" of card, so the details are still quite sketchy. Offical unveiling will happen in early October.

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  1. IDE interface ? by spiny · · Score: 5, Interesting

    or even SCSI - it would be nice to replace all my bulky (by comapison) 3 1/2 inch IDE drives.

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  2. Solid state reliability? by nz_mincemeat · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My only objection with solid state memory like this is how many rewrites can the media sustain before failure?

    I use my USB drive + MP3 player a lot but sometimes wonder how long the gadget would last...

    Are there any existing tests available for perusal?

    1. Re:Solid state reliability? by Threni · · Score: 5, Interesting

      > My only objection with solid state memory like this is how many rewrites can
      > the media sustain before failure?

      Depends. IBM use flash ram in their printers (ie the model 4610), and it's supposed to last 100,000 writes, so I guess if the USB things use the same stuff then that means it'll last over 100 years if you wrote to it twice a day. Lets face it - you're going to lose it or replace it with a model with enough..uh, I mean more memory before that.

      I'd love a usb/mp3 player but I'm not going to pay more than £50 for one and it'd have to have a few gigs of storage so it looks like I'll be sticking with my £45 diskman which plays cds/mp3s for a little while yet.