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Samsung's 64-GB Solid-State Drive
Anonymous Howard writes "Just a couple of weeks ago Sandisk introduced a 32-GB solid-state drive. Now Samsung has one-upped them, unveiling a 64-GB solid-state drive. They are expecting to begin shipping in the second quarter of this year. Samsung says the device can read 64 MB/s, write 45 MB/s, and uses just 0.5 W when operating (0.1 W when idle). In comparison, an 80-GB 1.8-inch hard drive reads at 15 MB/s, writes at 7 MB/s, and consumes 1.5 W when either operating or idle. No pricing yet."
I would need to buy like 10 of these for my pr0n collection, no thanks!
They're called "wait states" and the number of them really depends on the depth of the decoding logic.
You know, those SDRAM timings that x-trememe overclockers 2 the max use to fully run 3dmarks to the xtreme maxx.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
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Personally, I'm hoping more for being able to find a Gigabyte iRAM locally now that in a couple of days I'll have about 2GB in 512MB sticks left over after a RAM upgrade.
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That's the kind of thing a pagefile should be mapped to - a ramdisk.
"There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge." - Bertrand Russell.
one more downside, perhaps: zero noise. How will you know the difference between a hang and simple thrashing without being able to put your ear to the chassis and listen to the disk doing what it does?
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... which leaves 0W for the noise.
...because electrons are known for screaming at the top of their tiny, tiny lungs as they course through solid state circuitry.
I'm sorry, Doug is in the server room, swapping Zip disks. How can I help you?