HRDs Faster than SSDs and HDDs
The new HRD could be the missing link between hard drives and SSDs.
British researchers may have created the evolutionary step between current hard drives and solid state disks. Called the Hard Rectangular Drive (HRD), this new device primarily consists of three components: a double-sided "platter" of magnetic material mounted between two laminate read-write "heads" like a thin sandwich. All three components--joined by additional sets of three above and below--are lubricated and housed within in a standard 3.5-inch drive casing.
According to Register Hardware, the read-write layers actually comprise of millions of read-write heads aligned into a grid; the layers use the same lithography process used to make silicon chips. A signal is passed along the corresponding column and row in order to control a specific head. However, it's the magnetic middle layer that actually moves horizontally--accomplished by using piezo-electrics--that allows the stationary head to read the designated sector.
DataSlide, the group behind the research, said that the current version features 64 heads that can read or write simultaneously. Eventually, the technology will be able to achieve 160,000 random read/write IOPs (Input/Output Operations Per Second) and a 500 MB/sec. transfer rate. The HRD only uses 4W of power, a third of the power consumed by HDD, half of the typical SSD.
DataSlide is currently working on the new technology for commercial use, with plans to license the technology to storage manufacturers and other companies. Currently DataSlide is unable to provide a street date.
What "typical" SSD uses 8W of power? My 64GB Samsung SLC draws 1W at load and a mere 0.3W at idle. The more consumer-centric, "typical", SSDs max out at around 2W at load. So...where is this silly number coming from?
this information sounds like its being pulled from someone's ass, and if this does go through anytime before ssd's manage to take over the market with insane GB read/write speeds, i doubt it'll last too long.
and besides Hard Rectangular Drive (HRD) sounds a bit generic. Solid State Drive sounds the way of the foooooturee!!!
If this is atleast the same price as SSD , well bye bye ssd.
this information sounds like its being pulled from someone's ass, and if this does go through anytime before ssd's manage to take over the market with insane GB read/write speeds, i doubt it'll last too long.
and besides Hard Rectangular Drive (HRD) sounds a bit generic. Solid State Drive sounds the way of the foooooturee!!!
What "typical" SSD uses 8W of power? My 64GB Samsung SLC draws 1W at load and a mere 0.3W at idle. The more consumer-centric, "typical", SSDs max out at around 2W at load. So...where is this silly number coming from?
The only way this thing ever makes it to market is if it can offer MTBF's in the 100-million-hour range, and i seriously doubt that is possible given the mechanical nature of the middle medium in motion.
This would be a great idea if there were no such thing as a solid-state disk.
In 3 years, 512GB SSDs should be well under $100 if the capacity and price scales the same as Flash drives. Currently, the 64GB drive is $150~225. 128GB are $225~350. And then theres SATA3 to allow even faster drive.
The grand-daddy SSD? The PCIe Drives which can transfer about 1500mb a second, these start at about $1500+ Imagine having such a drive for under $500, Windows7 (or 8) will boot in about 5 seconds on a bad day.
SSDs can already do that, just look at the ioDrive. Eventually, they'll be consumer products.
theres always something better but its price is outrageous. You can get a 100$ CPU Beat a 500$ CPU with the liquid cooling and stuff but no1 wants that cause its outrageous expensive. io is crap
http://www.dataslide.com/green.html
Proof read much Kevin? I love how the housing lubricates the drive!
Think logically much? What Kevin has put makes perfect sense.
You missed the whole point of my post.
This is a completely new technology, how much do you think it will cost starting out? SSDs can already do better than this technology claims it will be able to do Eventually (And when is that? 3 years? 5 years? 10 years?).
With SSD prices and dropping and capacities rising, what do you think the state of the SSD market will be when this technology is actually marketable?
Jesus Christ
Your lack of comprehension of English is only trumped by your lack of comprehension of the subject at hand.
There are still people that buy that $500 processor, some for the guarantee that it clocks that high (or for the guarantee of a specific stepping), some for the warranty while attaining higher clocks (such as businesses), and some out of ignorance and abundance of monetary wealth.
And that doesn't even apply to hard drives. You can't overclock a Hard Drive, and SSDs offer the best performance, there is no other commercially available technology that provides better performance to the consumer. This article doesn't take price into account, and if it were a cheaper technology I'm sure Tom's would have mentioned that.
I doubt SSD's will ever be able to take over the market, there is always a cap to how good a certain technology will do.
The introduction of multiple processing cores anyone?While not the best example it shows that up is the only way technology can go.
If you cant' see anything similiar in the way the HRD is set up than you should review your knowledge of SSD's and HDD's.
Also, because of non-issue with the physics forces that currently affect harddisks, they might make these things BIG, not just 3.5", and it will have huge capacity.
Also, with more advanced electronics thousands of "heads" could read and write simultaneously.
The technology has potential, we might reach speeds of tenths of gigabytes per second in a short time...
There's only so much parallel memory chips a SSD can have...