Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 11:24:42 -0500 From: "Alton, Matthew" <Matthew.Alton@anheuser-busch.com> To: "'Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG'" <Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "'chrisa@commlet.com'" <chrisa@commlet.com> Subject: This changes everything Message-ID: <31B3F0BF1C40D11192A700805FD48BF901776623@STLABCEXG011>
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I'm reevaluating the relevance factor of my current work in filesystems in light of the following earthshattering news: http://www.accpc.com/tcapstore.htm This page outlines a radical advance in solid-state mass storage which will replace both conventional HDDs and RAM, thoroughly obsoleting large chunks of kernel code. Granted, the device is currently vapor-hardware and, like many another gadget (bubble memory, protein drive, async processor...), it may well stall indefinitely on the drawing board while the marketroids trumpet its inexorable conquest of the planet, I think it prudent to assume that this one is for real. At any rate, it is certainly safe to assume that devices with the capabilities claimed for this one are very close to taking shape. We should prepare for this inevitable eventuality now and design a prototype kernel which will be able to maximize the benefits of such devices. Perhaps better still, we should negotiate to have FreeBSD installed on each unit at the fab ;-) Matthew Alton Computer Services - UNIX Systems Administration (314)632-6644 matthew.alton@anheuser-busch.com alton@plantnet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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