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Firm pitches $2,800 64GB USB Flash disk
brotherS:
Good lord!
I'd be afraid to leave my house with it!
Luckly it looks like it would be the perfect size: just small enough to fit in my tightly clenched fist, what better way to NEVER loose it....
-Hirudin (April 07, 2006, 06:49 AM)
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;D ;D
In case you fear a giant devil rabbit may attack you a clenched fist might not be enough... maybe a tight, stainless steel chain around your neck is better? But make sure it's no Kensington lock!
;)
Carol Haynes:
Good lord!
I'd be afraid to leave my house with it!
Luckly it looks like it would be the perfect size: just small enough to fit in my tightly clenched fist, what better way to NEVER loose it....
-Hirudin (April 07, 2006, 06:49 AM)
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Maybe it comes with a lifetime warranty and free insurance ;)
mrainey:
The following is from WikiPedia. Would the "wear factor" likely translate to a big negative for a potential user of this 64GB version? What would you use it for?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Limitations
"One limitation of flash memory is that although it can be read or programmed a byte or a word at a time in a random access fashion, it must be erased a "block" at a time. Starting with a freshly erased block, any byte within that block can be programmed. However, once a byte has been programmed, it cannot be changed again until the entire block is erased. In other words, flash memory (specifically NOR flash) offers random-access read and programming operations, but cannot offer random-access rewrite or erase operations. When compared to a hard disk drive, a further limitation is the fact that flash memory has a finite number of erase-write cycles (most commercially available EEPROM products are guaranteed to withstand 10^6 programming cycles,) so that care has to be taken when moving hard-drive based applications, such as operating systems, to flash-memory based devices such as CompactFlash. This effect is partially offset by some chip firmware or filesystem drivers by counting the writes and dynamically remapping the blocks in order to spread the write operations between the sectors, or by write verification and remapping to spare sectors in case of write failure."
noth(a)nk.you:
I'm not sure what the average cosumer would use something like this for--I'd be afraid of it failing.
It could, however, find stunning applications for smuggling information in--*ahem*--dark places.
Carol Haynes:
a further limitation is the fact that flash memory has a finite number of erase-write cycles (most commercially available EEPROM products are guaranteed to withstand 10^6 programming cycles,)
-mrainey (April 07, 2006, 08:29 AM)
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How can companies (eg. Lexar) offer no quibble lifetime warranties on their Pro products if the item has a limited lifespan?
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