RE: Why do computers still have disk drives?

["Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
  

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DeLong, Eric
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 3:20 PM
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> 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-----
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> [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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