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Solid-state drive prices to dive

lower-cost solid-state drives, emblematic of the next generation of flash storage that will make a quick descent from current pricing.

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Bolts6478d ago

...those ports in my PS3 will eventually be usefull? Yay! Too bad the read and write speed is still slow as hell.

SaiyanFury6478d ago

"With no moving parts, solid-state drives avoid both the risk of mechanical failure and the mechanical delays of hard drives. Therefore, solid-state drives are generally faster and in some respects more reliable."

This is a matter of opinion. Because they have no moving parts, SSD drives are often flash memory based, which in itself, the technology has a nature of inherent instability. Flash memory is great for temporary storage, but not a good format for long term storage. Sure, they remove the chance of mechanical failure and are faster to read, but with the inherent instability, and the cost of high capacity flash memory, SSDs will not replace standard HDDs anytime soon. Standard HDDs are a proven technology and have a long proven history of over 20 years. SSDs are a relatively new product, and since many are flash based, will not prove themselves soon. For all those people looking for a new HDD, stick to the original design. If you're worried about an HDD failure, simply buy a stack of DVDs and backup your content. Simple and effective.

pushergreen6478d ago

It is good to see this tech moving forward though. I wonder if future consoles will have this in the form of game cartridges, maybe even movies? I think optical disc drives and hardrives to lesser extent will eventually succumb to this tech sooner than later.

Lyan6478d ago

Oh the glory days of blowing into the cartridge before I put it in my game system.

On a serious note, it would be awesome if this was incorporated into games. The access time of SSDs is amazing, .05-.08 seconds for most. They say the current lowest pricing per gigabyte is 1 dollar so thats not going to happen anytime soon, but perhaps next gen if they can drop that cost per gig somewhere below 20 cents. Thats a big leap, but if there is more investment like this article suggests I don't think it is an impossibility and honestly very probable.

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