Hard Rectangular Drive Is Faster, More Efficient Than SSD

Discussion in 'Science, Technology & Car Chat' started by Akki, Jun 23, 2009.

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    Source: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/06/19/hrd_dataslide/
     
  2. lol interesting stuff, but i'd still prefer a solid state... this HRD is cool and all, but still has the multiple component problem... which means physical problems will occur like regular HDDs..
     
  3. The_Jelly

    The_Jelly NSFW? :P

    Whats so good about SSD again? The only thing I remember is that they have fast boot-up times...
     
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    ^failure rate is lowered/less fragile?
     
  5. are them solid state drives affordable yet
     
  6. fearless_fx

    fearless_fx Eugooglizer

    hard rectangular drive is a shitty name.

    although when you abbreviate down to HRD its ok.

    I'd still like an SSD though.
     
  7. madearcher

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    yea, the HRD can go to 500mb/s of tranfert rate, but computers maximun transfert rate is about 100mb/s. why create something extemely fast if you can even go that fast
     
  8. gordonng85

    gordonng85 Well-Known Member

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    don't buy a car with more then 1000cc, you only use 50hp when accelerating, and driving normally on a daily basis.
     
  9. kontradictions

    kontradictions Well-Known Member

    So you're saying Intel shouldn't have released the Core i7 line because it doesn't work with LGA775 socket? Makes sense....
     
  10. cutecloud

    cutecloud Well-Known Member

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    yea, people die, when they die nothing left so why bother to eat, play and sleep?u will die someday also, why dun die now?
     
  11. guest118

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    Let me provide a bit more technical info as I am more familiar with these over the years (though I have never been in the hard drive industry). First, hard drive has been increasing data density about 40% a year and has been much more price competitive than solid state flash memory over the decades when Intel and others have said repeatedly that flash memory would take over HD years ago. They will remain competitive in the coming years, as new techniques such as "patterned media" and "heat assisted magnetic recording" will help to increase density to achieve drives of over 5TB (3.5") each.
    There are always new technology annoucements, but most of them are far from deployment and need years to perfect the implementation and manufacturing. This HRD is probably not yet ready immediately, IMO. At least major drive manufacturers such as Seagate, Western Digital etc. apparently have not considered this in their road map for the next few years.