Next evolution of SSD tech

Mechanical hard drives are dead when considering your 'main hard drive'. They are good for large, cheap storage though.
A hybrid just won't be good enough, but it is currently a nice stop-gap for people who have laptops and cannot have more than one hard drive installed.
 
mglover070588 said:
Mechanical hard drives are dead when considering your 'main hard drive'. They are good for large, cheap storage though.
A hybrid just won't be good enough, but it is currently a nice stop-gap for people who have laptops and cannot have more than one hard drive installed.
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+1. SSD are growing in size and speed. They will eventually be the way forward I think...
 
I think hybrid systems are a good enough solution for the mainstream, due to simplicity. No self respecting techie would give up the control over speeds that running separate OS/Apps and bulk-media drives affords though.
 
Levirginien said:
+1. SSD are growing in size and speed. They will eventually be the way forward I think...
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If things go to plan then current flash based SSDs will be nothing but a flash in the pan :eek:

How about a non-volatile storage device with DRAM like write life, a density of 100 Gbits per square cm and access speeds faster than DRAM? Oh, it should cost less than flash too. It's set to arrive in 2013/14...

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/mapping-babel-10017967/hp-and-hynix-plan-memristors-for-2013-10024528/

More info, skip to the end, Potential applications, to avoid all the science stuff...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memristor

As for hybrid storage? It's great, used in data centres around the world. SRT looks like a great idea too and helps Intel sell more flash chips. Just load up your xTB of apps and data and let the computer do all the hard work for you :)
 
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