I wonder why Apple aren't making SSD themselves. May be they want to wait for the technology to mature a bit more?
Since they are already the largest Flash buyer and gets favorable pricing from Flash manufacturers. Snapping Flash with a SSD Controller surely is simple enough to bring the performance of Mac to a new level.
It would be cheaper for Apple to buy Autodesk and Sun than to invest, develop and manufacture SSD.
It would be cheaper for Apple to buy Autodesk and Sun than to invest, develop and manufacture SSD.
I'm not sure where you get this idea but it is total BS. For what Apple needs they can be very successful simply by defining a new form factor and building a better controller. Like every body else they can get the required flash off the commodity market. Apples volumes are already so huge that the could easily twist a few arms to create a partnership. Either way they would get what they need which is a rethinking of how SSD should be delivered as a component.
In essence this is really the only reason for Apple to get into the SSD market. That is to produce storage cards suitable for the thin devices they have coming and that we see string demand for in the consumer segment. What I'm talking about here is thin cards that can sit next to a mother board or parallel to it. The idea being to keep your storage card thin on the order of a few millimeters. At the same time implement the controller electronics as an interface to PCI Express so that the cards will have some sort of a future.
What we are talking about here is a narrowly focused development effort. Relative to some Apple projects it would be cheap. Further more there are some potential companies they could simply purchase out right for the required IP. Of course this is not ideal as it would be a distraction, which is why I advocate a partnership. Speaking of IP one should check into Apples patent portfolio with respect to flash technology, they apparently have already invested in basic research here.
Every time I hear one of the four drives in my Mac Pro thrash during heavy access, and the processes of this uber-powerful machine come to a screeching pause while the clockwork does its work, I think, "time to splurge on an SSD, for the boot/app drive at least."
I don't know if the time is right, and the looming recession makes it hard to splash out money on a "luxury," but I hope the day of the SSD is soon.
I'm not sure where you get this idea but it is total BS. For what Apple needs they can be very successful simply by defining a new form factor and building a better controller. Like every body else they can get the required flash off the commodity market. Apples volumes are already so huge that the could easily twist a few arms to create a partnership. Either way they would get what they need which is a rethinking of how SSD should be delivered as a component.
In essence this is really the only reason for Apple to get into the SSD market. That is to produce storage cards suitable for the thin devices they have coming and that we see string demand for in the consumer segment. What I'm talking about here is thin cards that can sit next to a mother board or parallel to it. The idea being to keep your storage card thin on the order of a few millimeters. At the same time implement the controller electronics as an interface to PCI Express so that the cards will have some sort of a future.
What we are talking about here is a narrowly focused development effort. Relative to some Apple projects it would be cheap. Further more there are some potential companies they could simply purchase out right for the required IP. Of course this is not ideal as it would be a distraction, which is why I advocate a partnership. Speaking of IP one should check into Apples patent portfolio with respect to flash technology, they apparently have already invested in basic research here.
Close your keyboard for five seconds. To manufacture your own memory would be more expensive. If you haven't the temperament to read a person's entire context then you deserve to be ripped.
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I wonder why Apple aren't making SSD themselves. May be they want to wait for the technology to mature a bit more?
Since they are already the largest Flash buyer and gets favorable pricing from Flash manufacturers. Snapping Flash with a SSD Controller surely is simple enough to bring the performance of Mac to a new level.
It would be cheaper for Apple to buy Autodesk and Sun than to invest, develop and manufacture SSD.
It would be cheaper for Apple to buy Autodesk and Sun than to invest, develop and manufacture SSD.
I'm not sure where you get this idea but it is total BS. For what Apple needs they can be very successful simply by defining a new form factor and building a better controller. Like every body else they can get the required flash off the commodity market. Apples volumes are already so huge that the could easily twist a few arms to create a partnership. Either way they would get what they need which is a rethinking of how SSD should be delivered as a component.
In essence this is really the only reason for Apple to get into the SSD market. That is to produce storage cards suitable for the thin devices they have coming and that we see string demand for in the consumer segment. What I'm talking about here is thin cards that can sit next to a mother board or parallel to it. The idea being to keep your storage card thin on the order of a few millimeters. At the same time implement the controller electronics as an interface to PCI Express so that the cards will have some sort of a future.
What we are talking about here is a narrowly focused development effort. Relative to some Apple projects it would be cheap. Further more there are some potential companies they could simply purchase out right for the required IP. Of course this is not ideal as it would be a distraction, which is why I advocate a partnership. Speaking of IP one should check into Apples patent portfolio with respect to flash technology, they apparently have already invested in basic research here.
I don't know if the time is right, and the looming recession makes it hard to splash out money on a "luxury," but I hope the day of the SSD is soon.
I'm not sure where you get this idea but it is total BS. For what Apple needs they can be very successful simply by defining a new form factor and building a better controller. Like every body else they can get the required flash off the commodity market. Apples volumes are already so huge that the could easily twist a few arms to create a partnership. Either way they would get what they need which is a rethinking of how SSD should be delivered as a component.
In essence this is really the only reason for Apple to get into the SSD market. That is to produce storage cards suitable for the thin devices they have coming and that we see string demand for in the consumer segment. What I'm talking about here is thin cards that can sit next to a mother board or parallel to it. The idea being to keep your storage card thin on the order of a few millimeters. At the same time implement the controller electronics as an interface to PCI Express so that the cards will have some sort of a future.
What we are talking about here is a narrowly focused development effort. Relative to some Apple projects it would be cheap. Further more there are some potential companies they could simply purchase out right for the required IP. Of course this is not ideal as it would be a distraction, which is why I advocate a partnership. Speaking of IP one should check into Apples patent portfolio with respect to flash technology, they apparently have already invested in basic research here.
Close your keyboard for five seconds. To manufacture your own memory would be more expensive. If you haven't the temperament to read a person's entire context then you deserve to be ripped.