Solid-state disks coming on strong

by admin June 7, 2007 at 9:18 pm

If you’re in any doubt that flash memory-based solid-state disks are on a course to quickly replace hard-disk drives in laptop computers, just take a look along the aisles of this year’s Computex trade show.

Solid-state disks and machines containing them are plentiful at the show, which brings together the world’s most important PC manufacturers and component makers with buyers from around the world, and is a good gauge of the direction of the industry.

That solid-state disks are replacing hard-disk drives shouldn’t come as a total surprise: they’re lighter, quieter, use less power and are sturdier than hard drives. The transition is being accelerated by fast price drops in the flash market. For example, an 8G byte chip that cost $11.36 at the end of 2006 currently costs $8.47 on the spot market. That’s a drop of 25 percent in six months.

Full article: macworld.com