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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Memory in a flash
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If you’ve ever used a flashdrive you know how fast it is compared to a hard disk. After all a hard disk is a meld of mechanical parts - including disks that spin around 7,200 revolutions per minute - and electronics. But a flashdrive is solid state - no moving parts - and storage and retrieve times happen, well, in a flash.
That’s why the increasing ability to make relatively large flash memory drives is a big deal. Once they reach a size that is useable as main storage for a computer there will be a huge difference in how fast the computer works. Retrieving and storing data on the hard disk is the weak link now that can’t be fixed by faster processor chips.
So the fact that SanDisk has introduced a 32 gigabyte drive that is compatible with most notebook computers is a big step in the right direction. You can read about it here.
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