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Title: Magnetic-based HDDs still cheapest in 2020 Post by: Alex on October 26, 2009, 10:37:06 AM Magnetic-based HDDs still cheapest in 2020
A new study has found that if magnetic-based hard disk drives (HDDs) continue to progress at their current rate then by 2020 we'll see a 2.5" HDD with a capacity of more than 14TB at a cost of about $US40. Flash memory will also become cheaper, but will reach terminal limits before 2020 keeping the ultra-fast technology from replacing HDDs. The study by Professor Mark Kryder and Chan Soo Kim of Carnegie Mellon University, published in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, showed that in fact most technologies wouldn't be able to compete with HDDs on a cost-per-TB basis by 2020. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/8YPNTynbVFg/study-magnetic-based-hdds-still-cheapest-in-2020 |