[Vision2020] Tech news: solid-state drives

[Kenneth Marcy]

On Tuesday 19 August 2008 14:54, you wrote:
> Didn't someone already design, and build computers for students in third 
> world countries to use that incorporated flash drives instead of EM       
> drives??
> If so, Intel is getting on the bus second.

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project designed a machine with 1 or 2 
gigabytes of flash memory as a data storage device. Compare that quantity 
with 700 megabytes or 0.7 gigabytes on a CD-ROM, or 4.7 gigabytes on a DVD 
platter.

12 March 2007 Intel announced availability of 1, 2, 4, and 8 gigabyte solid 
state storage devices for whatever device might need that level of storage, 
including something like a laptop for OLPC.

Today's announcement is significant in that the storage amounts start at 80 
GB next month, and move to 160 GB early next year. These storage amounts 
make them candidates for replacing currently available hard drives, not 
just a substitute for an external silver data platter.


Ken