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Samsung Announces Flash-Based Disk Drive

Posted by Zonk on from the whirrless-laptops dept.

doc6502 writes "Samsung has announced flash-based disk drives with a 16 GB capacity, with an aim to get the drives to market by the end of the year. The (short) article suggests that this could be a big boost to laptop owners, as battery life could be seriously extended if there isn't a big high-speed motor to power constantly. The drives should be fast, too."

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  1. This question is already in the original article.. by nathan+s · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ..but what about write limits? If I'm not mistaken, don't these types of drives usually have a limited number of times they can be written to? Samsung doesn't say anything about this.

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  2. flash based disk drive? by jzeejunk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    if its flash memory what's the need of a disk?

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