On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:58:02 +0200, R.S. wrote: >W dniu 2010-08-11 14:50, McKown, John pisze: >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/11/oracle_on_storage/ > >Regarding to the disks: indeed we observe first time when silicon "RAM" >succesfully replaces disks in some areas. Is it beginning of revolution
Most rapidly in personal/portable devices. >like CRT->LCD switch? Maybe, we will see. What's sure (?) the changes in >computer architecture will come much later, after "HDD philosophy" will >become totally obsolete. It would require many changes in both HW and SW. > Why SW changes? Won't the control units continue to provide a 56kB/track 15 track/cylinder image? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

