SDD question.

[eofu]

What do you guys think about this technology? http://www.technologyreview.com/Nanotech/20192/

Will it replace current SSDs any time soon?

 

[paranoidmage]

The idea of using microscopically sharp tips to store data is not new. In the late 1990s, IBM demonstrated its Millipede technology, which used arrays of a thousand such tips to write and read bits. The Millipede program is still active at IBM but so far hasn't produced a commercial memory chip. Nanochip uses a similar approach.

So basically, this technology has been around for a while. The guy who is working on it now has been at it for quite a long time as well. I don't know how long it will take for this to come to the market, but when it does, It will be quite good.

 

[eofu]

My system is gone and I need to build a new system, I want SSD for faster read/writes but it's prices per a gigabyte are still very high compared to regular HDD so I was hoping that someone could give me information on the SSD scene and if it will have lower prices in about 6 months?

Does anyone know anything? even R&D?

Thanks for your replies.

BTW... Sorry I posted this in the wrong section.

 

[San Pedro]

I'm sure in 6 months prices will be lower, but probably not much lower. Those drives would be great to install an O/S on.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I just haven't been that impressed with "on the market" samples:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/08/13/flash_based_hard_drives_cometh/page12.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/11/21/mtron_ssd_32_gb/page9.html

Especially when installing Vista on a a 32 GB partition is considered by many as 'too small"