Solid State Drives & HD Wars
January 9, 2008 · by Eric Sorenson
I have to admit that I’m more than a little excited about the current news revolving around large solid state drives. With BitMicro prepping a 832GB solid state drive following Sony’s first NAND based laptop and rumors of a harddiskless portable from Apple being announced at the Macworld expo, it appears that the death of computers with moving parts may be on the horizon. These drives have higher transfer rates, lower power consumption and higher reliability; this would be a positive move on all fronts. I also believe it will open the door for more interesting and creative hardware design, which is always a plus as long as hardware makers remember to be sure their creations are practical. It’s amazing how often they miss that piece of the puzzle.
On a semi-related note, some are claiming that the HD format war is over, and Sony has won with Blu-ray. After getting a taste of Netflix.com’s Watch Instantly feature, it’s obvious that physical discs are becoming less relevant. The current music market is a great example of this, as I can’t even buy physical copies of many of the albums I’m interested in. Will the true HD format war simply use proprietary codecs with a client/server model? I would love to be a part of a team that designs and builds a system of that magnitude!
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