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Article: Hard drives go solid state...(SanDisk Corp.'s solid-state disk drives)(Brief article)
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- Personal Computer World
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- January 25, 2007
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Byline: Clive Akass
Hard drives go solid state...
Solid-state laptops moved a step closer to being mainstream at the CES show, with the launch of a 32GB Nand Flash drive from memory giant Sandisk.
The 1.8in Sandisk solid-state disk drive (SSD), designed to replace the traditional hard drive, follows Samsung's release late last year of an all-solid-state Q1 Origami UMPC, which uses a similar 32GB SSD.
SSDs are quieter and faster than hard disks because they have no moving parts. They also draw less than half the power. But disk makers are pushing rival hybrid drives that pack both high-capacity magnetic platters and gigabytes of Flash. ...