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Solid State Memory on the Rise

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fewer-moving-parts-to-break dept.

skaet writes "CNet is reporting that manufacturers of NAND flash memory are expanding the market for their chips - over the next few years - to eventually replace current methods of storage in media capture devices, mobile phones and even some notebooks as well as car navigation systems and large data storage at corporations and government agencies. From the article: 'The average notebook has 30GB (of hard drive storage). How long is it before the notebook has solid state memory? Five or six years,' according to Steve Appleton, CEO of Micron Technology, one of the world's largest memory makers. 'I'm not saying drives will go away. There will always be a need for storage, but when was the last time you tapped out a drive?'"

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  1. Filled up a drive? by DietCoke · · Score: 5, Funny

    This guy clearly hasn't ever installed Bittorrent.

  2. Re:Is this guy for real? by AEton · · Score: 3, Funny
    "There will always be a need for storage, but when was the last time you tapped out a drive"

    Last week at the parents' place. Two days ago at work. Probably tonight as well at home.
    Most civilized people do not discuss this sort of thing in polite conversation.
    --
    We recently had heard in the office over one of the Yellow Machine that's made by Anthology Solutions.
  3. Re:Is this guy for real? by CosmeticLobotamy · · Score: 5, Funny

    No matter how much storage you put in a given system, it will eventually be not enough. I've seen it a million times.

    I remember begging my mom to replace our 2MB hard drive with one of the fancy new 20MB ones. "But Mom! That's twenty MILLION letters! You'll NEVER use that much. You don't type that fast."

    Then some jerk went and invented graphics. Bastard.

  4. Re:Slow by penguinboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    What type of buffer (8 & 16mb) is used in those 'fast' new hd's? Solid-state, of course.

    No kidding? I thought they used vacuum tubes.