Ultra Fast Disk Drives With No Moving Parts

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 16, 2004 @01:52AM from the shake-it-all-you-want dept.

saccade.com writes "Let's face it, the slowest part of PC's today is the disk drive. Bit Micro has come up with a nifty solution - flash memory based disk drives available in typical disk form-factors. These e-disks are electrically compatible with ATA, SCSI, etc. but run orders of magnitude faster - access times down to 40 usec and transfer rates over 100 MB/sec. What's the catch? Cost. Currently going for just under $1K/G, a 30G model I recently held in my hand was worth much more than my car. However, as flash memory prices drop, so do the price of these drives. Within the decade the spinning hard disk may go the way of the floppy and CRT."

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CRT? by mantera · 2004-08-16 06:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic

What's wrong with CRT? I recently purchased a couple of 21' CRTs, though I admit that cost was a major factor. That said, after I had them gamma-calibrated, I now look at images I took with my digtal camera or watch movies and I'm so pleased with them. I can also watch them from any angle, something that can be said even for TFT.

Only thing that worries me is how much power they consume, I still need to get that tested.