My computer science lecturer predicted this in 1987 or 1988.
In the every changing face of storage, Samsung Electronics recently announced a breakthrough in flash memory for mass storage with a 4GB flash device in a 70-nanometer chip. The 70nm form factor will replace the 90nm chip that held 2GB, and it will allow for 50 percent higher performance, writing at 16MBps. According to some analysts, flash memory promises to hold some very exciting future prospects. Included in this is the possible replacement of hard drive storage with flash memory storage. The advantages are, increased reliability (no spinning hard drives to worry about), and reduced power consumption being the major ones.
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