Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Samsung's Hybrid Hard Drive Exposed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the under-the-hood dept.

Erica Campbell writes "Samsung is preparing to release a new Flash memory-assisted computer hard drive that boasts improved performance, reduced energy consumption, a faster boot time, and better reliability. The new hybrid hard drive will be released around the same time as the upcoming Windows Vista operating system and will be one of the first hardware designed specifically to benefit from it."

13 of 255 comments (clear)

  1. Re:This site could benefit by bcat24 · · Score: 4, Funny

    [nitpick]I know you're just trying to be funny, but the site was suspended due to exceeding its CPU quota, not its memory quota.[/nitpick]

  2. tricky marketing by Beuno · · Score: 5, Funny
    The new hybrid hard drive will be released around the same time as the upcoming Windows Vista

    Why don't they just flat out say they don't know when it's going to be released?
  3. Hard drives, exposed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You fools! Don't expose it! That'll ruin the hard drive!

    *rimshot*

  4. Re:Flash by NosTROLLdamus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Captain Cold takes over the world.

  5. Re:Linux Next? by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Funny

    for how long you can chain a bunch of fat Linux programmers to your house with Mountain Dews (with caffeine) and french fries.

          Forever, then?

    --
    Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
  6. Re:This site could benefit by Dunbal · · Score: 3, Funny

    the site was suspended due to exceeding its CPU quota, not its memory quota.

          So maybe if they had preloaded the site into memory, we wouldn't have this problem...

    --
    Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
  7. Re:Flash by CrackedButter · · Score: 2, Funny

    Back ups are for wimps, back in my day we used Apple's TimeMachine and have done for ages. Think about it.

    --
    Jonathanjk.com
  8. Re:What's so special about Vista? by StikyPad · · Score: 4, Funny

    It might be useful to Linux users who turn off their workstations as well.

    Oh wait...

    --
    https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
  9. Re:Linux Next? by Kingrames · · Score: 2, Funny

    If the hardware is designed for Vista, I'd bet it already runs better in linux.

    --
    If you can read this, I forgot to post anonymously.
  10. Re:What's so special about Vista? by Who235 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Can anyone spell oligopolistic collution?

    Actually, it's spelled 'collusion'.
  11. oh? by racebit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Additionally, do you honestly think any company (Intel, Microsoft, Samsung) would back this technology if it was limited to R/W cycles in thousands?

    Oh? Last time I checked...my xp seems to stop working after only several hundered read/writes, funny that.

  12. Re:Has it changed in 3 years? by kisielk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Guess he's not called "Shooter of Bul(l)" for nothing.

  13. Re:What's so special about Vista? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The system i am typing this post from was last rebotted in August.

    Was that a freudian slip?