Re: NAND flash misery
- From: cs_posting@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:59:20 -0700 (PDT)
On Jun 27, 12:29 pm, Didi <d...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Vladimir,
if flash were a viable and reliable replacement for HDDs this would
have
happened for years by now, the costs would have gone down. They are
not, and given their limited number of write cycles they are bound to
stay out of the way of normal disks (which have achieved an amazing
level of performance).
Flash is at the moment becoming a viable replacement for many
applications, both high end and low end - witness flash disks turning
up in everything from servers, to high end ultraportable notebooks, to
low end ones like the EeePC and even cheaper competitors.
This wasn't reasonable until the most recent generations of devices
started beating the performance and price point of the 1.8" mechanical
drives.
I don't necessarily think flash will be a replacement for large, cheap
mechanical drives, but for applications that only need a few GB, or
for applications where space and weight count and 32-64 GB is enough,
it's already gaining market penetration.
Write cycles could be an issue, but many of the ultraportable gadgetry
applications will see system replacement before that happens. And the
replacement will probably be 2 - 4 x the GB/$ of the original.
.
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