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Bye-bye hard drive, hello flash
January 4, 2006
Hard drives take up a lot of room and eat a lot of battery power. Flash memory could soon offer an alternative for notebooks.
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Micron Technology Inc.
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Samsung develops flash-based disk
May 23, 2005
Disks will have a capacity of up to 16GB; first disks will target sub-notebooks and tablet PCs. Photo: Samsung's solid-state disk
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Coming soon: Movies on flash memory cards
March 3, 2008
Distributing movies on the Internet isn't the only game in town. Flash is better, says a new Irish start-up.
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SanDisk drops prices with new flash drive
March 14, 2007
Decline in cost of new drive is chalked up to the drastic pricing reduction experienced by the flash industry.
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Samsung hybrid hard drive works while it sleeps
April 25, 2005
The typical hard drive spins constantly. But by buffering a drive with flash memory, it can sleep most of the time.
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Spansion Inc.
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Intel
SanDisk rolls out flash hard drives for laptops
January 4, 2007
Unlike traditional hard drives, flash memory drives do not contain moving parts, making them less prone to breaking down.
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Intel cuts PC boot time
October 17, 2005
Robson technology demonstrated in Taipei lets you bypass the hard drive to wake up your PC fast.
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Storage giants to push hybrid hard drives
January 4, 2007
Seagate, Hitachi, Samsung, Fujitsu and Toshiba partner to promote combo of flash chips and magnetic platters. But where is Western Digital?
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Hitachi Ltd.
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MP3-player demand to spike in 2009
October 13, 2005
IDC report predicts an industry with $145.4 billion in revenue in four years.
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Sony Corp.
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Robson or hybrid hard drive? The battle is coming
September 29, 2006
Faced with two technologies, companies are already picking sides over intregrating flash memory into PCs.
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JVC aims hard drive video cameras at U.S.
June 15, 2005
Forget tape. Video cameras of the future will store footage on hard drives or in flash memory.
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Mini drive survives school of hard knocks
December 14, 2004
Miniature hard drives will be everywhere at CES. At least one will come with new features to cushion it from blows.
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Fujitsu adopts flash memory for new tablets
March 19, 2007
Flash drives are expensive and hold less data, but for tablet PCs, which tend to get dropped a lot, they can be a good fit. Photos: Flash-based LifeBooks
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Samsung goes commercial with hybrid hard drive
May 15, 2006
Last year, the company showed off a prototype of a drive that uses flash to cut power. Now the company will show off the finished product.
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Microsoft Windows
Apple's iPod costs likely went up--in a flash
September 8, 2005
Company's two new music players are smaller than its iPod Minis--and they probably cost more to make, too. Photos: Apple's new gadgets
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Flash memory closing in on hard drives?
September 12, 2005
Samsung says its 16-gigabit flash could let you take your entire music and personal video libraries with you on one small portable device.
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Can a new hard drive meet the flash challenge?
April 4, 2006
One-inch drives are being munched by flash memory. 1.8-inchers seem too big. Could 1.3-inchers be just right?
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Hitachi Ltd.
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Can Seagate steer hybrid-drive market?
October 8, 2007
Price and industry standardization remain barriers to widespread adoption, but the biggest hard-drive maker could force competitors to keep pace.
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Gartner Inc.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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PC
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
Apple unveils $499 PC
January 11, 2005
update Apple Computer chief Steve Jobs delivers the goods, showing off budget PC and new flash memory-based iPod Shuffle. Photo: Mac Mini
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Cornice launches smaller drive with more memory
January 2, 2006
Hard drive is size of matchbook but holds more storage than previous drives. Cornice drives get smaller, beefier
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