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Flash Memory Won't Get Cheaper Any Time Soon

Posted by Soulskill on from the and-you'll-forget-to-send-in-the-rebate-anyway dept.

jfruh writes "Some melancholy news from the Hot Chips symposium last week: NAND memory, which powers the solid-state drives that have revolutionized storage, has broken the $1 per gigabyte barrier and isn't getting any cheaper. 'They will always be ten times the cost of a hard drive,' says analyst Jim Handy. There are newer technologies in development, but they won't be able to beat NAND on price for years."

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  1. No! by schneidafunk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh first world problems.

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    1. Re:No! by Mitchell314 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think you mean first hello world problems.

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  2. Re:10X my white and flabby ass by TWiTfan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but Newegg will probably have it for $27K.

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  3. Re:Exactly by oodaloop · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because he doesn't want you to! He asked you nicely!

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  4. Oh, thank goodness by forkazoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was worried that Flash might stay expensive for a while, but now that an analyst is predicting it I know it won't actually happen. So, expect a massive crashing in prices pretty much immediately.