Comments on: Notebooks Get ‘Flashed’ http://storagemojo.com/2006/08/14/notebooks-get-flashed/ Data storage info & analysis Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:02:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Denegri http://storagemojo.com/2006/08/14/notebooks-get-flashed/comment-page-1/#comment-5590 Steve Denegri Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:35:06 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=220#comment-5590 The reason it's been slow to develop, IMO, is because we needed a big vendor to find an application to "push" flash to customers, I'd guess you'd say. In addition to faster boot, do some web digging for Microsoft's "Superfetch" technology embedded in Vista, which takes advantage of flash's high performance. It's essentially a new layer in the memory hierarchy that reaccelerates the system at a faster pace, post-hibernation. The reason it’s been slow to develop, IMO, is because we needed a big vendor to find an application to “push” flash to customers, I’d guess you’d say. In addition to faster boot, do some web digging for Microsoft’s “Superfetch” technology embedded in Vista, which takes advantage of flash’s high performance. It’s essentially a new layer in the memory hierarchy that reaccelerates the system at a faster pace, post-hibernation.

]]> By: David Worrall http://storagemojo.com/2006/08/14/notebooks-get-flashed/comment-page-1/#comment-5557 David Worrall Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:15:14 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=220#comment-5557 I'm pretty sure that flash will be used more and more. Though the endurance of flash memory over the long term is a concern. File systems would have to be modified so that they try to use flash memory uniformily, rather than writing to the same areas over and over. I believe Intel/MS have something in the works to do this. I think? M-Systems have such technology as well (see http://www.m-systems.com/site/en-US/Technologies/Technology/TrueFFS_Technology.htm) So, some work to do still. I’m pretty sure that flash will be used more and more. Though the endurance of flash memory over the long term is a concern. File systems would have to be modified so that they try to use flash memory uniformily, rather than writing to the same areas over and over. I believe Intel/MS have something in the works to do this. I think? M-Systems have such technology as well (see http://www.m-systems.com/site/en-US/Technologies/Technology/TrueFFS_Technology.htm)

So, some work to do still.

]]> By: PJ http://storagemojo.com/2006/08/14/notebooks-get-flashed/comment-page-1/#comment-5427 PJ Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:38:59 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=220#comment-5427 Why isn't this happening already? Am I the only one who remembers 340MB and 810MB drives in notebooks in the mid '90s? Why isn’t this happening already? Am I the only one who remembers 340MB and 810MB drives in notebooks in the mid ’90s?

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