Experts See Wide Use of Flash-hard Disk Hybrids by 2016

22nd March 2011, 02:08

A quarter of new laptops and half of new desktop PCs will adopt an emerging data storage method by 2016, pairing flash memory with traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) for better overall performance, according to two storage experts.

Flash paired with HDDs will also cost users less than rival solid-state drives (SSDs), they said.

Although the quieter, faster, more shock-absorbent SSDs are replacing HDDs in new computers, their relatively high cost will keep HDDs in most PCs over the years ahead, said Tom Coughlin, president of Coughlin Associates, and Jim Handy, an analyst with Objective Analysis.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...by_ 2016.html

22nd March 2011, 02:08	#1
Shogun Posts: n/a	Experts See Wide Use of Flash-hard Disk Hybrids by 2016 A quarter of new laptops and half of new desktop PCs will adopt an emerging data storage method by 2016, pairing flash memory with traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) for better overall performance, according to two storage experts. Flash paired with HDDs will also cost users less than rival solid-state drives (SSDs), they said. Although the quieter, faster, more shock-absorbent SSDs are replacing HDDs in new computers, their relatively high cost will keep HDDs in most PCs over the years ahead, said Tom Coughlin, president of Coughlin Associates, and Jim Handy, an analyst with Objective Analysis. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...by_ 2016.html

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