Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 21:57:55 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: "Alton, Matthew" <Matthew.Alton@anheuser-busch.com> Cc: "'Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG'" <Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'chrisa@commlet.com'" <chrisa@commlet.com> Subject: Re: This changes everything Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9807312154140.7858-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <31B3F0BF1C40D11192A700805FD48BF901776623@STLABCEXG011>
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The link at the bottom of the page makes me highly skeptical. I should expect that this device, if reality, will meet the same fate as the 100mpg car; there is just too much R&D money tied up in conventional technology. We could talk all day about cheaper, denser mass storage solutions that 'didn't make it'. For ~$1k I'm sure everyone would want a 90 gig hard drive. On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Alton, Matthew wrote: > 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 > -- /* Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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