416GB 2.5" Flash drive anyone?

[Whiternoise]

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/11/b...-inch-ide-hdd/



If only they put one of them in a laptop.. and if only you don't need a small fortune to buy it when it's eventually released..

http://www.bitmicro.com/press_news_r...s_20070911.php <- official press release

[Funkstar]

Nice!

If they can squeeze 416GB into a 2.5" drive, how much could they get in a 3.5" drive???

EDIT:

OK, lets extrapolate. a 3.5"drive has a volume of 379354.08mm/cu a 2.5" is 66490.215mm/cu

379354.08 / 66490.215 = 5.7054121422227315703521187290491

So a 3.5"drive has about 5.7 times the volume of a 2.5" drive

That gives us a theoretical capacity of 5.7 x 416GB = 2371.2GB or about 2.3TB in a single 3.5" drive. Sweet

[Steve B]

According to techreport.com, standard sizes of 2.5 and 3.5" HDDs are about 4 and 24 cubic inches respectively. 4 cubic inches with 416 equates to 104GB per cubic inch.
A 3.5" drive would therefore be capable of roughly 2.5TB, assuming linear scalability.

[Funkstar]

You could probably get more than that to be honest. the spavce needed for power and interface connectors isn't tht different, yet is also included in the multiplication. Same goes for interface logic, power regulators, casing etc.

So yeah, how about 3TB SSDs?

[Whiternoise]

Given the price for flash HDs at the moment, 416GB is going to be astronomical..

[Funkstar]

bah! mere technicalities

[Guy]

Given the price for flash HDs at the moment, 416GB is going to be astronomical..

2nd mortgage anyone.....?

[Stewart]

That 416gb flash drive is big.






Maybe a little too big...





OMFG! The flash drive is about to blow!



Run!




Go!

[staffsMike]

HAHAHA!! i wonder if his name is arnie