Solid State Hard Drives - They Will Replace Our Existing Hard Drives - When?

Finally - and yes possibly because of mp3 players andMain Features of these units:
thecontinuing development of such - the cost of Solid- Fully Compatible With IDE Interface
Statecomputer memory is dropping.- Complies with Standard ATA Interface
Camera memory cards or sticks as some people call- No noise
them arevery well priced and readily available, you can- No Seek Error
now get upto 2gb, and in some cases 4gb units- Very high Shock Resistance
depending on the brandand type of card you require,- No Latency Delay
USB flash/pen drives can nowbe bought in up to 2gb- Low Power Consumption
and no doubt higher in the nearfuture.- Highest Product Quality and Fastest data access
This is where it gets interesting, you can now buy- Error Correction and Wear Leveling
solidstate, hard drives of up to 4gb which work on the- Extended Product life (excess of 3-million hours of -
same NANDflash chip technology as used on the solidoperation)
state MP3 playerslike the iPod Nano and Sandisc- Industry Standard interfaces
M200. This NAND flash memoryis available in units that- Plug-in adaptation without proprietary connections
fit directly into your computersstandard IDE ATA- Densities from 16MB to 4GB+
interface socket, saving you space with nocables to- Factory OS Format: use Out-of-the-Box, just add
get in the way and other designs will slot alongside orapplications/code
below your existing hard drives and wire into your- Extended Temperature Range
IDE ATA slots with your standard cables.These Solid state - NAND type - Hard drives are
Both of these units are designed to work in veryanother partof our future - today. To learn more and
demandingconditions as they have no moving parts likecheckout thespecifications follow this link to Solid State
your existinghard drives, with advantages including aHard drives [
faster data accessand transfer rate, a lower power© Copyright 2005, Charles West, all rights
consumption and no noise.reserved.