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imagine if ssds didn't actually exist as a consumer product but was just constantly brought up by large companies as the "next big thing!" that never actually c
by swang 10y ago
imagine if ssds didn't actually exist as a consumer product but was just constantly brought up by large companies as the "next big thing!" that never actually came out.
i mean intel, and hp all have their own versions and they've been working on them for years and we've yet to see anything come of it. i'm not holding my breath for this to actually get released.
- Gibbon1 10y agoI've seen a lot of 'looks promising... can't make work or can't make economic' technologies over the years. Just the nature of the business. I'd hate for companies to stop trying tho. Technologies that seek to displace another older technology often have a long road ahead. Because no green field, the economics and performance has to beat the established technology before anything sees anything but niche applications. I think it took ten years for NAND flash to start seriously chewing into the mass storage market