Hybrid Hard Drives (THG article)

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by Tom's Hardware

Seattle (WA) - For the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference this May, Microsoft and Samsung Semiconductor are preparing the first demonstration of a self-contained, production-ready prototype for Samsung's hybrid hard drives, models of which will go into production before the end of the year, a Samsung official told TG Daily. These hybrid hard drives will represent the next stage of Samsung's ongoing project with Microsoft to expedite I/O throughput time by leveraging large OneNAND Flash memory caches to radically improve application performance, as well as reduce system power-up and power-down times to under one second.

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This is a pretty interesting idea; hybrid hard drives. I think it has potential, but like the article mentioned, it's going to be an interesting market entry and will depend on a lot of different factors. Good read!

[Tyreal]

:O Thats so cool. I wonder how much these things will cost though!

[gvblake22]

I think it's still too early to tell that, but I'm sure the first generation drives will probably be more expensive, especially if they have a larger Flash cache (hehe that rhymes). But like the article said, unless these drives can be had for at or below the cost of current solutions, it will be a slower technology adoption, particularly in the OEM department. But as far as enthusiasts and DIY'ers, there will always be people willing to pay extra for newer, better technology. We'll just have to wait and see. I can see this being the stepping stone to solid state drives though.

I dont care what they cost ill take 6 of them!