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Solid State Storage
Over the past few months I have come across various articles about the amazing technical advancements being made in the area of high speed solid state storage. Basically, the technology that powers the flash memory cards we all use in our digital cameras today is moving forward at breakneck speed. The eventual outcome will sound the death toll for mechanical hard drives, as they are replaced by solid state flash drives. The first solid state drives will make their debut in laptop computers, as they are very energy efficient operate without creating nearly as much heat as a mechanical drive.
It’s amazing to consider that in the early 90’s, during a tour of the CBC building in downtown Toronto, I was allowed a glimpse of a 9 gigabyte hard drive that was the size of a small freezer and yet, here I am today, barely a decade later and my home computer has over 100 times as much storage in a space of less than half a cubic foot!
Posted by Dylon on November 18, 2006 6:17 PM |
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