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RunCore Introduces Self-Destructable SSD

Posted by timothy on from the magic-smoke-that-is dept.

jones_supa writes "RunCore announces the global launch of its InVincible solid state drive, designed for mission-critical fields such as aerospace or military. The device improves upon a normal SSD by having two strategies for the drive to quickly render itself blank. First method goes through the disk, overwriting all data with garbage. Second one is less discreet and lets the smoke out of the circuitry by driving overcurrent to the NAND chips. Both ways can be ignited with a single push of a button, allowing James Bond -style rapid response to the situation on the field."

4 of 168 comments (clear)

  1. Old News by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

    Western Digital has had self-destructing drives for years.

    1. Re:Old News by wulfmans · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's DeathStar get it right !

    2. Re:Old News by houstonbofh · · Score: 3, Funny

      You didn't include the "Export HD failure" flag in your rsync command did you? Newbie mistake...

  2. Rebranding by TWX · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...lets the smoke out of the circuitry by driving overcurrent to the NAND chips.

    Quality Engineer: "Sir! This entire batch, tens of thousands of units! If we put them into normal conditions they'll blow with overcurrent!"

    Senior VP: "Oh hell, what are we going to do? The board'll have our asses!"

    Marketing: "I have an idea! We'll market these as self-destructable chips!"

    Senior VP: "BRILLIANT!"

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    Do not look into laser with remaining eye.