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Re: Why do computers still have disk drives?

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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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
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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
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-297-2863 or ext. 1863



-----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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