Samsung develops new Solid State Drive

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Maybe most people know about this already but check out this press release on Samsung's new Solid State Drive. The read/write speed appears to be too low for DVCProHD, but I do think it shows more proof of where things are heading and that P2 is the right direction.

Cheers,
Chris

Samsung Develops New Solid State Drive
 
Definitely seems the route to go. Eventually, sooner than we can wink, these solid state drives will be able to carry the speeds to do DVCProHD, of that I'm certain!
 
Samsung Article said:
The SSD's performance rate exceeds that of a comparably sized HDD by more than 150 percent. The storage disk reads data at 57 MegaBytes per second (MBps) and writes it at 32MBps.
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That's fast enough. DVCPRO-HD is only a 100megabit / 12.5MegaByte stream.

Nice!!

Over the course of a few years this should definitely help bring down solid state costs. I'm sure it won't be as cheap as Hard Drives anytime soon.....but it should at least be *competitive* in the "long run."

~reservoir~
 
Knock Out Films said:
Maybe most people know about this already but check out this press release on Samsung's new Solid State Drive. The read/write speed appears to be too low for DVCProHD, but I do think it shows more proof of where things are heading and that P2 is the right direction.

Cheers,
Chris

Samsung Develops New Solid State Drive
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According to the press release, "The SSD's performance rate exceeds that of a comparably sized HDD by more than 150 percent. The storage disk reads data at 57 MegaBytes per second (MBps) and writes it at 32MBps." DVCProHD's data rate is 100 Mbps (lowercase b), or 12.5 MBps. Therefore, unless I'm missing something, Samsung's solid-state drive should have adequate speed. And because this will be marketed as a laptop storage solution and not some high-end industrial device, pricing should be lower than that of P2. Unfortunately, some of the issues associated with hard-drive HVX storage solutions pertain -- eg, you still have to record the data in a recognizable file format, so you'll need a laptop or some other type of controller (something like a solid-state Firestore). And, unless someone figures out how to chain these together in a compact RAID, you're really not extending continuous shooting duration (8-GB P2 cards should be available by then). But, as I said, it should be significantly cheaper than P2.
 
Tzedekh said:
According to the press release, "The SSD's performance rate exceeds that of a comparably sized HDD by more than 150 percent. The storage disk reads data at 57 MegaBytes per second (MBps) and writes it at 32MBps." DVCProHD's data rate is 100 Mbps (lowercase b), or 12.5 MBps. Therefore, unless I'm missing something, Samsung's solid-state drive should have adequate speed.
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Yes you are right. I confused Bits & Bytes.


Tzedekh said:
you still have to record the data in a recognizable file format, so you'll need a laptop or some other type of controller (something like a solid-state Firestore). And, unless someone figures out how to chain these together in a compact RAID, you're really not extending continuous shooting duration (8-GB P2 cards should be available by then). But, as I said, it should be significantly cheaper than P2.
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This may still be a good thing as a FireStore like device, assuming an inteligent interface could be built. Solid State is much more durable than a standard HD. I would feel better about using it.

Cheers,
Chris
 
Another prime example of solid state memory advancing beyond Moore's wildest expectations is the USB flash drive. These devices weren't even on the radar two years ago and now I've got sizable video and photo files on my Lexar JumpDrives which reside on my keyring.

Lexar's New Lightning 2GB USB 1.1 (lower x-fer rates, of course) /2.0 Drive:

"...capable of an impressive read/write speed rating of 120x (18MB/sec) minimum sustained write speed capability and 160x (24 MB/sec) minimum sustained read speed capability."
 
It does.

Another thing that is interesting is that Wirless USB2 has just been announced, with just about every manufacturer supporting it. (not for the HVX but in general) Hopefully in the near future or by the time this camera comes out, an adapter like the Bluetooth ones, could plug into the HVX and then stream to a HDD or laptop. Of course it still may not be fast enough.
 
fiercecurry said:
It does.

Another thing that is interesting is that Wirless USB2 has just been announced, with just about every manufacturer supporting it. (not for the HVX but in general) Hopefully in the near future or by the time this camera comes out, an adapter like the Bluetooth ones, could plug into the HVX and then stream to a HDD or laptop. Of course it still may not be fast enough.
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Wireless can be very unreliable (at least my WLAN is), I'm not sure how good idea it would be relying on it. :)
 
We'll just have to wait and see, wont we?

Playstation 3 is utilizing Bluetooth for their handheld devices, and its Bluetooth, Wireless USB is faster than Bluetooth.
 
Actually, wireless USB will be 480 Mbps just like the wired speed.

WUSB performance at launch will provide adequate bandwidth to meet the requirements of a typical user experience with wired connections. The 480 Mbps initial target bandwidth of WUSB is comparable to the current wired USB 2.0 standard. With 480 Mbps being the initial target, WUSB specifications will allow for generation steps of data throughput as the ultra wideband radio evolves and with future process technologies, exceeding limits of 1 Gbps.
 
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