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Toshiba Developing High-Density 1TB SSD

Posted by timothy on from the valentine's-day-is-over dept.

MojoKid writes "A new partnership between Toshiba and Tokyo's Keio University has led to the creation of a new technology that could allow SSDs up to 1TB in size to be made 'with a footprint no larger than a postage stamp.' The report states that the two have been able to integrate 128GB NAND Flash chips and a single controller into a stamp-sized form factor. They've even made it operational with a transfer rates of 2Gbps (or about 250MB/sec) with data transfer that relies on radio communication."

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  1. Gaming? by Darkness404 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I really hope all these high-density storage systems will be used for gaming, HDDs are unreliable and large SSDs would allow for fast load times, better non-DRM copy protection and the ability to save games without paying extra.

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  2. First by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    First postage

  3. Thank god. by Karganeth · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't understand metres, they're too complicated. Thank god they used the postage stamp method of measuring.

    1. Re:Thank god. by rockNme2349 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Research shows that by 2012, Toshiba will be delivering Solid State Drives with an information density of 0.1 LoC/(ps^3).

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    2. Re:Thank god. by ijakings · · Score: 2, Funny

      Thats all well and good, but I dont understand the significance of this until its delivered in standard Libraries of Congress units.

  4. Re:mod 0P by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 3, Funny

    *sigh*

    That's what happens when the GNAA outsources their trolling to India :(

  5. Re:Good. by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    256 TB of flash... The storage device will be delivered in a standard fedex mailer, the payment will have to go by pallet....

  6. Re:Who cares about size... by Kamineko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not really. I heard an anecdote once and it was really lousy.

  7. Re:Who cares about size... by noidentity · · Score: 4, Funny

    I, for one, will not buy a 1TB SSD until it's small enough that I'm guaranteed to lose it within the first day of getting it.

  8. Re:Who cares about size... by grcumb · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not really. I heard an anecdote once and it was really lousy.

    Colour me surprised. I remember hearing once that 95% of all anecdotes are shite.

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  9. Re:Who cares about size... by leetrout · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's because 83% of statistics are made up on the spot.

  10. Re:The future is here by girlintraining · · Score: 2, Funny

    Listen to us complaining that we don't have flying cars yet. :P

    It's because we're afraid of being diddled by a german scientist with a foot fetish.

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  11. Impressive,but what is this phrase "postage stamp" by viking80 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seems very impressive, but what is this phrase "postage stamp". Is this also part of some newfangled technology we may never see? I for on will probably be fine with good old email for a long time to come.

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  12. Re:Makes me think of Arthur Clarke. by drsmithy · · Score: 4, Funny

    It would take about 200TB to record a lifetime of audio at CD quality.

    Sure, but would you want to record your *life* with the empty soundstage and lack of warmth inherent to mere "CD quality" ?

  13. Re:Who cares about size... by BobMcD · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did you just make a claim that 'large-scale MMOs' do not suffer from server reliability problems?