Flash memory has been a huge driver in advancing consumer electronics. Flash is useful because it is fast, rewritable, and because it can retain content without a power source (which is why you don’t need to reload your iPod even after the battery dies). You can find flash chips in cell phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players–and soon, you’ll probably find flash in laptops, also.
Samsung’s latest 16-gigabit flash memory chips have wires and transistors that measure about 50 nano-meters (equivalent to one two-thousandth the thickness of a human hair). That in mind, Samsung is apparently developing a new notebook computer that uses flash as an alternative to traditional hard disks. The new PC will be about 10-15% lighter and 30% faster than equivalent models–and it will have 40 gigabytes of storage.
Sounds promising…
(via The Indian Express)
Left by A Venture Forth » Blog Archive » Flash Memory and Samsung’s Faster, Lighter Computers on January 25th, 2006