There is what people think and there is reality. The reality is that Silicone has almost reached its maximum efficiency as far as size to current ratio.
SSD...Worth it?
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Do you think there will be something come along to maybe replace our beloved silicone?
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Of course. I will bet there will be something that will change the way technology works all together. There will probably be a time when circuit-boards and chips are no more
Its kinda nice that we are at a point now that you can buy something and it isnt completely worthless after a year...
And we see it happening already: Cloud Computing is a good example. Pretty soon all computers (and most of the gadgets) will be connected to the Internet all the time and at a very high speed. Who needs a powerful CPU in a computer or a tablet if most of the CPU-intensive tasks can be outsourced to the Cloud?!
I wouldn't worry about Moore's low bumping into the silicone density, or something. It will find a way and the computational power will continue to grow exponentially.
Look at what happened with modems for example: modem speed grew according to Moore's law: 600 baud, 1200, 2400, 4800, and so on, doubling every couple of years or so until it reached the 56K limit set by the phone lines. And suddenly the modem speed growth stopped. So, what happened to the Moore's law? It found another way! DSL and cable modems emerged and saved the Moore's law! The Internet speed continues to grow in spite of the limitations presented by phone lines. The same will happen with computers.
Another example: CPU's have pretty much reached their maximum clock rate, which until recently grew exponentially too. What happened then? Instead of increasing the clock rate, chip manufacturers started to multiply cores...
the actual moores law is that transistor density doubles every N period of time, generally 18-24 months. cpu power tends to follow the transistor count so it follows the same curve.
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Yes, of course, Gordon Moore himself referred to the number of transistors (that can be placed in an integrated circuit at minimum cost). However, a lot of other characteristics in modern digital electronics have been following the same exponential growth curve: hard disk storage, network bandwidth, or pixels per dollar in digital cameras...
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Diogen.
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Diogen.
That is not an option for me. I have a $200 BestBuy gift card and they only have Intel and Crucial
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Intel is the best one of those two.
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OCZ reliability has been horrible, their forums are swarmed by bad reviews and problems with BSOD!
On the other hand Kingston HyperX is much faster, but pricier than OCZ Vertex, but reliability has been way better.
Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX SH100S3B/240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (HyperX Upgrade Kit)
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I think it's a timing issue.
OCZ name used to be synonymous to low quality.
I started using SSD shortly after this article.
AnandTech - OCZ
Have a dozen or so Vertex 2 (and two Vertex 3).
Small, 60GB or so. System drive only.
No problem whatsoever.
Diogen.
Two writes a day in a web browser cache is absurd. Two writes a day to a swap file is absurd unless they've figured out a way to make the swap file not stationary.
For Windows desktops (not Windows Server editions), the swap file should never come into play. Any machine that is swapping needs more physical memory. With laptops capable of taking 8 or 16B and with 4GB sticks being cheap there's no reason not to put 8 or 16GB in.
The better wear leveling algorithms actually move the physical locations of the underlying blocks. While the OS is writing to block X, the reality on the disk is writing in different spots. Pretty effective technique too.
I've been on my current SSD for about 18 months, I'll let you know if it fails soon. It's on a MacBook Pro, so I don't expect it to be problematic.
