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Flash Drives, A Bipolar Component
Talkback I have considerable experience with Flash Drives, especially the Compact Flash, IDE plug-in modules and USB Flash drives. The biggest problem with Compact Flash Drives and IDE plug-in modules is that the Flash Memory inside is optimized for either...
[April 25, 2008, 10:12]
Flash USB Drives Take Off
News Handy said USB drives should provide a major boost to NAND, a new, lower-cost version of flash memory that can store data but can't execute software instructions. The market for flash memory-based USB storage devices is expected to grow rapidly...
[November 12, 2002, 8:25]
Lexar Drives Recalled Over Flash Fire Risk
News Digital memory manufacturer Lexar has voluntarily recalled two of its flash drive products after discovering that they could potentially overheat and harm users. Lexar's JumpDrive FireFly and Secure II drives were pulled from shops in America on...
[July 7, 2006, 13:35]
SanDisk Releases Flash Hard Drives For Laptops
News For the past year or so, flash memory makers have promised to come out with products that will challenge hard drives in notebooks. While SanDisk shows off its flash drive there, drive makers will be touting hybrid hard drives.
[January 4, 2007, 11:13]
Samsung Promotes Flash Drives For PCs
News Flash-memory maker Samsung is trying to drive a new kind of disk for PCs. The company announced Monday that it has developed a "solid-state disk" using flash memory for PCs. The 1.8-inch NAND flash-based disks, which will be available in August...
[May 24, 2005, 9:35]
Samsung Promotes Flash Drives For PCs
Talkback What about the fact that flash disks have a prohibitively finite lifespan? I'd be using a flash disk in my laptop now if it was likely to last as long as a hard disk. Hang on a sec. I didn't notice any mention of this in the article.
[May 27, 2005, 16:12]
Samsung Promotes Flash Drives For PCs
Talkback The death-knell for traditional hard disk storage. The beginning of the HDD version of CRTs vs TFTs. It took a few years of development, and economies of scale, but buying a TFT today instead of CRT is a no-brainer.
[May 24, 2005, 22:49]
Samsung Promotes Flash Drives For PCs
Talkback But, the companies must have done research before they introduced these flash drives in mass scale Well i have not yet heard of flash disk failure, may be we got to wait and watch before we hear anything.
[June 1, 2005, 7:28]
Samsung Flash Chip Threatens Hard Drives?
Talkback I was wondering if this is a similar technology to the ipod nano flash based memory cards then will it be possible in the near future to implement this 16gb memory into an ipod nano regardless of changing the design or measurements besides the...
[September 17, 2005, 17:13]
Flash-based Notebooks Plagued By Returns
News Notebooks with flash-based hard drives cost a lot and, according to managing partner Avi Cohen at Avian Securities, don't work very well either. Approximately 10 to 20 percent of the flash notebooks shipping from the large manufacturer are coming...
[March 18, 2008, 11:41]
SanDisk Plans USB Security Boost
News Flash memory maker SanDisk next week plans to announce a product designed to help businesses manage and control the use of USB drives. SanDisk will unveil a comprehensive solution for the enterprise security market, providing protection and control...
[January 31, 2007, 8:12]
USB Drives: Useful Tool Or Security Nightmare?
News Inexpensive and very useful, USB flash drives have become as common as CD burners in most organisations. By default, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 include the necessary device drivers to operate USB flash drives.
[May 18, 2005, 17:30]
Magnetised Protein Globules Talk In Binary Code
News A number of start-ups are tinkering with technology that could enhance or replace hard drives, flash memory cards and other storage devices. A single molecule can represent 4 bits of data; by contrast, much larger flash memory chips on the market...
[July 26, 2004, 10:45]
Seagate To Make Flash-based Hard Drives
News Seagate Technology, the number-one maker of magnetic hard drives, will start manufacturing hard drives based around flash memory, according to its chief executive officer Bill Watkins. A 500GB desktop drive tends to sell for around $109 (£54) or...
[August 23, 2007, 16:33]
Samsung Flash Chip Threatens Hard Drives?
News Samsung has developed a new computer flash technology with so much capacity it could replace mini hard drives in some PCs, the company said on Monday. NAND flash memory is widely used in consumer devices like digital cameras, cell phones, USB flash...
[September 13, 2005, 9:30]
Floppy Drives Near Extinction
News In a move that may speed the death of floppy disk drives, M-Systems on Tuesday said its USB flash memory storage device can now start a PC's boot-up process. M-Systems flash drives are small enough to fit on a key chain.
[August 13, 2003, 11:05]
Hard-drive Makers Look To The Middle Ground
News Hard-drive manufacturers are contemplating a new-size hard drive to counter the challenge presented by flash memory. It gives you more competition with flash and doubles the capacity [over 2.5cm]," Healy said.
[April 4, 2006, 10:25]
EMC To Launch 146GB Solid-state Drives
News EMC has announced it will sell flash-based solid-state drives for the first time. Flash-based solid-state drives are currently 30 times more expensive than conventional drives. Solid-state drives (SSDs), which first gained prominence through use in...
[January 15, 2008, 7:33]
SanDisk's New Flash Drive Reveals Price Drop
News Flash memory makers such as SanDisk and Micron Technologies have laid out plans to make flash-based drives that will start to displace hard drives in notebooks over the next few years. Flash memory is more reliable than hard drives and can store...
[March 14, 2007, 7:55]
Dell Launches Solid-state Drives
News The company maintains it is one of the first to offer a flash-based drive as an alternative to hard disk drives on corporate notebooks. The company believes that the technology will be especially useful in the semi-rugged environment, as flash...
[May 15, 2007, 12:12]
