From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Prices appear to be coming down. SanDisk has a 32 GB drive -  unfortunately
OEM only - no retail

http://www.hardmac.com/news/2007-03-14/#6529

New Flash Memory-Based HD from SanDisk

This HD features 32GB storage capacity with a SATA interface. Its MTBF is
evaluated to 2 millions hours, and data transfer speed are 67MB/s in
reading and 45MB/s in writing mode, with an access time of 0.11 ms in other
words 100 times faster than a plate-based HD. In addition, power
consumption of this flash memory-based HD is 50% lower than a 2.5" HD
during reading/writing session, as it does not require power when it is
idle.

The last good news is its price, as it will be offer to OEM at US$350; so
far there is no plan for a retailed version.

So the perfect storage unit for the rumored Apple subnotebook? if it is
powered by MacOSX Leopard Mobile, it would give users around 27GB for
storing data and appl

"mike"  wrote in message
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> Intel is throwing their hat into the ring, meaning that the market for
> this stuff is about to explode (IMO).
>
> http://www.techshout.com/hardware/2007/15/z-u130-nand-flash-memory-based-valu
e-solid-state-drive-unveiled-by-intel/
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>
>  /m
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>
> On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:01:53 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>  wrote:
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>>Samsung's UMPC entry the Q1P SSD with 32GB of SSD (solid-state NAND) flash
>>memory is double the price of their UMPC Q1 with a conventional drive and
>>Samsung is one of the largest makers of NAND.  Right now I think Microsoft
>>/Vista has the correct approach with ReadyBoost and flash.
>>
>>Of course if NAND prices ever plummet ..........
>>
>>
>>
>>"mike"  wrote in message
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>>>
>>> On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:56:55 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>>>  wrote:
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>>>>Hopefully they'll use an exceptional algorithm to access the NAND
>>>
>>>
>>> I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
>>>
>>> /m
>>

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