Samsung Demonstrates Hybrid Drives
April 26th, 2005
Samsung has used WinHec to demonstrate a prototype hybrid Flash / Hard Disc drive that is designed to work eith Microsoft’s new Longhorn operating system.
As the name suggests the new drive combines flash memory with rotating storage media. The flash memory is used as both a write and boot buffer allowing the drive to spin down for the majority of the time while the operating system writes and reads from the flash. As soon as the write buffer is full, the drive spins up and data is written to it.
This allows the disc drive to use minimal power for much of the time it is on.
“Hybrid drive architecture is extremely important to the future design of mobile computers. It is an advancement that will improve the performance and reliability of any computer using the Windows Longhorn operating system,” said Tom Phillips, General Manager of Windows Hardware Experience Group for Microsoft.
The hybrid drive is expected to be shipping in large quantities in time for the release of Longhorn at the end of 2006.
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