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Hybrid HDD allows data access without booting

2007-10-12

You've got a file on your laptop that you need to access — but you don't want to wait for your laptop to boot up to get at it. New technology from the company Silicon Storage Technology will make the contents of a hard drive accessible via a computer's USB port even when the computer is powered down. 'FlashMate combines hardware, firmware and software in a system application subsystem that manages a notebook computer's hard drive. It is based on SST's expertise in NAND flash controllers and memory subsystem design with Insyde Software's expertise in PC BIOS, system software and power management. FlashMate can work in conjunction with features such as Windows Vista ReadyDrive and serve as nonvolatile cache for the hard disk drive, thus enabling a standard hard disk drive to function as a hybrid drive.

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Skydavo @ 2007-10-12 14:39:34
I am so much awaiting hybrid hard drives with flash memory ! Hum... instant CS:S loading ! I hope it will be mass-produced and cheaper by next year when I may buy a new computer.

Mr-Me-II @ 2007-10-12 15:03:45
You can currently buy 36GB flash hard drives for about 800 dollars. One of them is advertised as 8,000x faster than 2x Raptor in Raid0, and 5,500 times faster than a SCSI array

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