From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jul 31 18:58:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA12637 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:58:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [207.153.65.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA12628 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:58:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from localhost (winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id VAA11841; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 21:57:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 21:57:55 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: "Alton, Matthew" cc: "'Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG'" , "'chrisa@commlet.com'" Subject: Re: This changes everything In-Reply-To: <31B3F0BF1C40D11192A700805FD48BF901776623@STLABCEXG011> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The link at the bottom of the page makes me highly skeptical. I should expect that this device, if reality, will meet the same fate as the 100mpg car; there is just too much R&D money tied up in conventional technology. We could talk all day about cheaper, denser mass storage solutions that 'didn't make it'. For ~$1k I'm sure everyone would want a 90 gig hard drive. On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Alton, Matthew wrote: > I'm reevaluating the relevance factor of my current work in > filesystems in light of the following earthshattering news: > http://www.accpc.com/tcapstore.htm > > This page outlines a radical advance in solid-state mass > storage which will replace both conventional HDDs and > RAM, thoroughly obsoleting large chunks of kernel code. > Granted, the device is currently vapor-hardware and, like > many another gadget (bubble memory, protein drive, async > processor...), it may well stall indefinitely on the drawing > board while the marketroids trumpet its inexorable conquest > of the planet, I think it prudent to assume that this one is > for real. At any rate, it is certainly safe to assume that > devices with the capabilities claimed for this one are very > close to taking shape. We should prepare for this inevitable > eventuality now and design a prototype kernel which will be able > to maximize the benefits of such devices. Perhaps better still, > we should negotiate to have FreeBSD installed on each unit > at the fab ;-) > > Matthew Alton > Computer Services - UNIX Systems Administration > (314)632-6644 matthew.alton@anheuser-busch.com > alton@plantnet.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > -- /* Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message