Article: Easy-to-use flash-memory modules emulate disk drives. (includes related article)

Because more and more flash-memory modules look just like familiar disk drives to your system, designing in fast and rugged mass storage has never been simpler.

Companies promoting the use of flash memory in mass-storage applications seem to have made an interesting discovery: To convince customers to use flash instead of a disk drive, make the flash look like a disk drive. Increasingly, new flash storage products incorporate a hardware controller that emulates a disk drive's system interface.

No longer the domain of niche companies, disk-emulation flash storage is now in the mainstream. IBM, Intel, and several disk-drive manufacturers all have products in the form of ...

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