Recent content by jonny_76

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    Samsung Intros First 3D V-NAND-based SSD, Up to 960GB

    Sounds fantastic all we know is 35k W/E cycles and density. What are the detailed specs ? -IOPS ? -warranty ? -pricing? -mass prod availability -tradeoffs
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    Samsung Announces TLC-Based 840 EVO SSD

    The price should be lower to reflect the lower quality and cheaper TLC (vs MLC) components utilized. Only use TLC if you don't mind randomly losing data once in awhile which gets worse over time. It is ok for storing music, pics you don't mind losing etc hence a lo end consumer drive..
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    Apple Says Optical Drives Were Holding It Back

    Firstly, I am not an Apple fanboy but am in the industry and am agnostic towards technology. Most people don't know that players, recorders and systems already exist to stream full HD movies off of tiny SD flash cards. I have seen them and they are fantastic ! Absolutely the same as if watching...
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    OCZ Technology Reveals Indilinx Everest 2 Controller

    alidanif anyone knows the the die size for how big a gigabyte is out whatever nanometer, please tell me I would love to do the math and figure out how much they up the price on SSD, because really right now I can't see them gouging us too much, but then again I don't know how big these chips...
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    Intel Signs Deal For Adding NFC to Future Chips

    alidan: if you boil a frog slowly he never even knows he is about to die and won't even try to jump out of the boiling pot....we are the frogs in the slowly boiling pot If you have digital money it can be turned off with a remote SW command, if you paper money, only you know where it is kept...
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    Intel Signs Deal For Adding NFC to Future Chips

    The worse thing that can happen to America's freedom is transferring all financial transaction capability to phones. The electronic wallet concept. Newbies aren't aware of the sweeping investigative techniques permitted by the Patriot Act. The errors made by the govt due to people with same...