Re: Why do computers still have disk drives?

["Peter Dow (ML)" <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, great density but still mechanical, and "the polymer medium can be 
reused thousands of times", which sounds like the problem with flash 
memory although for a different reason.

Wilt, Charles wrote:
> Personally,
>
> I like the IBM "millipede".  Talk about 21st century punch-cards....
>
> http://www.zurich.ibm.com/st/storage/millipede.html
>
> Charles Wilt
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DeLong, Eric
> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 3:20 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: RE: Why do computers still have disk drives?
> >
> > IBM has been flirting with holographic memory systems for 
> > awhile, too...
> >
> > http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/443/ashley.html
> >
> > Eric DeLong
> > Sally Beauty Company
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peter Dow (ML)
> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 11:21 AM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: Why do computers still have disk drives?
> >
> >
> > Several months ago I remember hearing that Samsung was working on a 
> > 32GB  memory chip, and this article from 09/11/2006 seems to indicate 
> > they're getting closer: 
> > http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS4990922808.html.
> >
> > Also, it uses CTF (Charge Trap Flash) technology, so perhaps 
> > reliability 
> > and speed will be improved.
> >
> > Tom Jedrzejewicz wrote:
> >     
> > > On 10/6/06, Greg Wenzloff <GWenzloff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >   
> > >       
> > > > It's Friday -- often a quieter day in the office.
> > > >
> > > > I was wondering why don't new computers like the i5 just have solid
> > > > state memory and forget about disk drives.   Think about 
> > > >         
> > it.   You can
> >     
> > > > get a 2GB thumb drive for $75 or less.    Why can't the 
> > > >         
> > manufacturers
> >     
> > > > just load about 200 GB of this solid state memory into the machine?
> > > > Think of the speed improvement.
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