Talk:Solid state drive
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This article:
- Does not conform to WP:MOS and therefore needs to be wikified, hence {{wikify}}
- Has no categories, hence {{uncat}}
- Does not give sources, hence {{sources}}, and
- Has been proposed for merging. The merging should be discussed, tag cannot be removed before it is discussed. Rich257 09:11, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
This article now has Category:Solid-state computer storage media. It still needs the other tags. Athaenara 01:51, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Merge completed
The merge was advertized on one talk page for 3 months (Oct 2006) with no objections, and agreed 5-0 on the other. I have therefore merged them fully, see Talk:Solid state disk. FT2 (Talk | email) 01:34, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "For example, some x86 architectures have a 4 GB limit"
I thought ALL x86 architectures had a 4GB limit because that's the limit of combinations of a 32bit memory address, wasn't that one of the prime reasons for switching to 64bit standard.--KX36 14:57, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "First company"
The section on history was both inaccurate and remains full of holes.
The first company to launch a flash-based solid state drives did certainly not do so as late as 1995, since Psion PLC was already selling its "SSD" units from 1989 onwards. See for example http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/historyofpsion.htm
I have no idea who was the first company to do so, but Psion sold "solid state" drives from 1984. The earlier ones were UV-EPROMs or battery-backed static RAM, with flash models introduced later. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by CecilWard (talk • contribs) 21:19, 24 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Read/Write Cycles
I'm not sure if this is marketing talk or not, but since there's no source cited in the disadvantages section I think this is apt:
"Q: Is there currently some sort of technical limitation on the creation of SSDs other than cost, and what about the reliability of flash media?
A: Historically SSDs were limited in the number of R/W cycles. However, with modern flash technology and error correction, the reliability of the flash in a PC exceeds 10 years. " [1]
The Compact_Flash article states a read/write cycle up to 300,000.
The Read-only_memory#EPROM.2FEEPROM.2FEAROM_lifetime article states up to 100,000.
