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Solid State Memory on the Rise
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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12 Gbyte capacity under 16mm (0.63")
60 Gbyte maximum capacity
Full -55C to +125C military temp. range
3.5" drive low profile form-factor
UDMA-66 compliant IDE interface
16 byte CRC/ECC and Active Remap(TM) for exceptional data reliability
Kicker(TM) Hold Up Circuit
Active Remap(TM) Data Reliability Feature
5 volt, low power operation
Completely solid state - no moving parts
2000G operating shock
20G operating vibration
0.1 millisecond random access time
26 Mbyte/sec cached Read performance
20 Mbyte/sec cached Write performance
8 year product warranty
8 million erase/write cycle endurance
Imagine something like that in a laptop. Can you say "woot"?