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Flash Drives To Make Memory Jump

Posted on Feb 14, 08 07:34 PM PDT

Flash Drives To Make Memory Jump

Looks like larger capacity solid-state drives will be rolling out of manufacturing lines pretty soon - at least from SanDisk anyway. SanDisk and Toshiba are currently working on a new 43-nanometer manufacturing process which will see SSDs released with the same capacity as those of today's mainstream 2.5" hard drives. I guess toting around 160GB of flash memory is but a pipe dream for most of us since the entry cost is prohibitively high, and there are also issues to be dealth with such as limited write cycles and slower data transfer speeds when it comes to transferring huge chunks of data. I think those two are bearable considering how people would prefer portability especially where mobile devices are concerned.

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By Hubert , 16/02/08 10:11 AM (CommentID #490013)


Fully electronic can be faster, for example if you use DDR RAM to build a SSD. However, recent comparisons between flash drives and hard drives did not show significant improvements in battery life or performance. At least, the differences were not worth the additional price per GB.

The limited write cycle stuff means that flash memory can't be written to forever. They have a lifespan. But with the progress in the lifespan management, they should last for a very long time, probably longer than you would own/use your computer.

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By Malek , 15/02/08 6:49 AM (CommentID #487421)


Sorry for soundin like a dufus here, but what do you mean by limited write cycles? And shouldnt fully electronic = generally faster? Thanks.

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