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BitMicro Takes Wraps Off 832 GB Flash Drive

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the will-only-cost-an-arm-a-leg-and-your-firstborn dept.

Lucas123 writes "BitMicro has unveiled an 832GB NAND flash drive that will begin shipping later this year. The E-Disk Altima drive is expected to have sustained read rates of up to 100MB/sec and up to 20,000 I/O operations per second. The device features a SATA 3.0 G/bps interface. No pricing as of yet."

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  1. Re:hmm. by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now tell me why anybody should want this outside of the media/video industry...

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  2. I want one by jollyreaper · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think I'm going to need a bigger keychain.

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  3. Re:832? by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, that's an odd number

    No. It is even.

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  4. the marketing dept has picked a name for it: by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Porntropolis 832 (tm)

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  5. Re:nothing to see here... by Not_Wiggins · · Score: 4, Funny

    The sweet spot right now seems to be around 16 or 32 Mb. You can get an 16 Mb flash drive for about $150, but 32 Mb is more than twice the price.

    Can't... resist...

    1999 called... they want their flash pricing back. ;)

    Or, if you'd like, I'd be willing to sell you some 32Mb flash cards for, shall we say, $100 a piece? ;)

    (Sorry.)

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  6. Re:cost estimate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    zOMG that means cars should be like $5.99 now since they were hella expensive back in the day, right?

    lrn2economics

  7. Re:cost estimate by PrescriptionWarning · · Score: 4, Funny

    the curve of time to car value is far different from the curve of technology value over time. For example, a car is considered an antique after a certain period of time, in which its value goes up (if properly maintained and restored)!

    try selling a nintendo or an old watch calculator made in the 80s in 10 years, I doubt you'll get more than a 5-10 bucks. The point is, the car analogy has yet again made someone look like an idiot :P

  8. Re:Sorry by modecx · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I can't buy it yet, then it doesn't exist yet.

    F-22 Raptor: so expensive that it's practically invisible!

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  9. USB power, that's not the question. by Tatarize · · Score: 5, Funny

    But, can it blend?

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  10. Re:Sorry by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can't buy a house with your credit and income. Do no houses exist?

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  11. Re:Mortgage? by Linker3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Poors Law?

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