Sandisk Announces Mobile-Oriented SSDs

[Guest]

The flash memory manufacturer introduced two SSDs for laptop and embedded computing applications respectively

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[mattclary]

promises an estimate

Ummmmm.... How can something be an estimate and a promise?

 

[rocket_sauce]

I assume battery life will benefit as well, which is always a good thing

 

[SlickyFats]

Will this fit into my PS3??? I'd take out my 320Gb 7200RPM for this just to reduce heat.

 

[rigaudio]

Thar be boobs on yonder PCB.

 

[tharkis842]

The 10 year life span sounds pretty good. Hopefully this will reduce heat as well. My hp laptop of 2 years ago used to get really hot while gaming due to the hdd.

 

[tokenz]

10 years at 4 gig a day. I dont know. Just seems a little low, but maybe it would be okay for a laptop drive. I just have a hard time paying for something that might not last. Especially when it comes to data. The problem will be its a small drive so you will be constantly moving stuff from it to back up. Bet it only last a few years a my rate.

 

[IAMCANADIAN]

Agreed! 4GB/day, try 4GB/hr in my case (large files/video encoding); The amount of read/write/move/delete access that my 2.5" 7200RPM 250GB drive goes though per day would kill the SSD in a matter of months. SSD's are still not good enough for mainstream use. Probably good as strictly an OS/Boot drive; You'd want to move the swap/page file to an external to prevent unneeded write access. Once the prices comes down I would probably get one for an OS drive, strictly for the speed improvement; But like all flash based memory or drives they use slower memory/chips for the higher capacities:

"It will become available in capacities ranging from 64 to 256 GB, with promised maximum read-write speeds of 220 and 160 per second respectively."

At approximately $350/100GB, I'll wait! I don't have $$$ just lying around for that kind of frivolity.

 

[IAMCANADIAN]

Agreed! 4GB/day, try 4GB/hr in my case (large files/video encoding); The amount of read/write/move/delete access that my 2.5" 7200RPM 250GB drive goes though per day would kill the SSD in a matter of months. SSD's are still not good enough for mainstream use. Probably good as strictly an OS/Boot drive; You'd want to move the swap/page file to an external to prevent unneeded write access. Once the prices comes down I would probably get one for an OS drive, strictly for the speed improvement; But like all flash based memory or drives they use slower memory/chips for the higher capacities:

"It will become available in capacities ranging from 64 to 256 GB, with promised maximum read-write speeds of 220 and 160 per second respectively."

At approximately $350/100GB, I'll wait! I don't have $$$ just lying around for that kind of frivolity.

 

[Guest]

Except the files I download, and save on an SD card, I don't even get near to those 4GB with XP!
True, windows 7 and vista write too much crap to the disk!

 

[Gin Fushicho]

Only 4GB/s a day? ewwwwh.... I write a LOT more that that per day. Good news is I replace stuff withing 6 years.

 

[welshmousepk]

[citation][nom]slickyfats[/nom]Will this fit into my PS3??? I'd take out my 320Gb 7200RPM for this just to reduce heat.[/citation]

Any SSD already on the market will fit in your PS3 (standard laptop SATA)