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Post Date: 2012-06-08
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    Posted: 08 Jun 2012 at 3:49pm
I found an interesting article about the future of SSDs.  I thought I would share it and spark discussion on the subject.  I haven't used an SSD but will be getting one with my DS order next week.
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Interesting article. In the interest of sparking debate on the issue.... :)
 
I noticed the article was written by a "researcher" and, not to put down researchers but I have found the best way to make something happen is to tell an engineer something is impossible.
 
I'm old enough to have witnessed the birth of home computers and back in the early 70's I could not have dreamed of the technology that Digital Storm is close to sending me. I say that because I truly believe that the mechanical hard drive must, whether by SSD's or some other technology, be replaced because a piece of metal spinning around with a read head trying to move data is the final bottleneck that has hit the wall.
 
Of course, what keeps the mechanical hard drive alive is price for capacity and until someone figures that out, we won't convert entirely to SSD's or similar technology any time soon. I can buy a 1TB SSD for $2,693.15 at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Technology-2-5-Inch-Performance-OCT1-25SAT3-1T/dp/B006L7JM64/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1336151283&sr=8-2 but that's more than the entire laptop I'm getting from DS with TWO 750GB hard drives.
 
Again...great article you posted. I think the technology will create a viable high capacity storage that doesn't rely on mechanical platters spinning around but the key is going to be cost efficiency.Here is a pretty good analysis from the CEO of Seagate: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/seagate_ceo_explains_why_flash_won%E2%80%99t_replace_magnetic_hard_drives_anytime_soon
 
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Edited by Bobby - 08 Jun 2012 at 6:14pm
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Hi Asangard,

Interesting but strange article. The author assumes that for some reason everyday users are going to want bigger and bigger SSDs. I don't see any time in the near future that I will want a 1Tb ssd. We are still in the early stages of SSD technology and I would much rather have better controllers and firm ware than more capacity. It seems to me that the author is projecting his size reduction on todays technology. As the newer densities come out I would think new designs will address some of the problems being predicted.

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This article also seems to assume we will maintain the silicon standard, which I don't believe we will, Smile
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I'm with Tidgxor. Current predictions are that Moore's law will become impossible to maintain with silicon in about ten years, and even though the engineers involved are always creating new ways to keep the law going, I can't see them making it another ten years on silicon, with or without new techniques. The atoms simply become unstable at the bit sizes necessary to continue the law.
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