# solid state drives on the rise

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**Created:** [March 27, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solid-state-drives-on-the-rise/26619 "2007-03-27T20:00:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solid-state-drives-on-the-rise/26619/1 "2007-03-27T20:00:16Z")

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samsung will have a 64gb solid state drive available by the second quarter. read more below…

[http://news.digitaltrends.com/article12556.html](http://news.digitaltrends.com/article12556.html)

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**Author:** ![tnick24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@tnick24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tnick24)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solid-state-drives-on-the-rise/26619/2 "2007-03-27T20:04:39Z")

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wow thats big…

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**Author:** ![TgDn32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tgdn32/32/7360_2.png) [@TgDn32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TgDn32)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solid-state-drives-on-the-rise/26619/3 "2007-03-27T20:13:24Z")

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solid state = flash drive? more or less

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**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solid-state-drives-on-the-rise/26619/4 "2007-03-27T21:20:09Z")

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Pretty much, non-volatile memory. And SATA interfaces.

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**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solid-state-drives-on-the-rise/26619/5 "2007-03-27T21:25:46Z")

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Thats good for basic storage but flash devices still are not practical for high read/write cycles like that of a operating system hard drive.  
If they can create a flash device that does not physically degrade with use then that will be a milestone.

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**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solid-state-drives-on-the-rise/26619/6 "2007-03-28T05:55:04Z")

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oh but the access times are insane

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**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solid-state-drives-on-the-rise/26619/7 "2007-03-28T06:25:39Z")

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Apple has been looking into converting all it’s iPods to solid state memory. I’ve heard rumors of a 120GB flash drive iPod.

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**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solid-state-drives-on-the-rise/26619/8 "2007-03-28T06:31:06Z")

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toshiba was making more money on the hdds so apple decided to start implementing flash technology.

these drives are the future. i just hope they last long… once these die, they are dead.