即將出現大小如郵票般的 1 TB SSD
SSDs the size of a postage stamp coming soon
By Lin Edwards, February 15, 2010
(PhysOrg.com) -- One-terabyte (TB) solid state drives (SSDs) are expected to be released in a couple of years, and they will be about the size of the average postage stamp.
(PhysOrg.com) -- 1 TB 固態硬碟（solid state drives，SSDs，譯註：另一種說法是 solid state disks，不過翻成固態裝置大概沒人看得懂）將在幾年內出現，而且它們的大小將會是一般郵票大小。
A team of Japanese researchers from Toshiba and the Keio University in Tokyo, led by Professor Tadahiro Kuroda, claims to have developed a technique that will reduce the size of SSDs by around 90 per cent. Not only that, but the technology also increases their energy efficiency by 70 per cent and makes them cheaper to manufacture.
一個由黑田忠廣（Tadahiro Kuroda）教授所領導，來自 Toshiba 與東京，慶應義塾大學（Keio University）的團隊，宣稱已開發出一種技術，能將 SSDs 的大小縮小約 90%。不僅如此，這種技術還能夠增加其節能表現達 70%，而且使它們的生產更加廉價。
A prototype of the new SSD consists of one controller chip and 128 NAND flash memory chips. The data transfer speed is said to be 2 GB per second, and Nikkei said that since the system is based on radio communication its production costs are lower. All this could help SSDs become the standard system for data storage in the future.
這種新 SSD 的原型以 1 個控制晶片以及 128 個 NAND 快閃記憶晶片構成。資料傳輸速率據稱為 2 GB/s，日經表示，由於此系統基於無線電通訊，因此其生產成本很低。這些特色有助於 SSDs 成為未來資料儲存的標準系統。
The SSDs are expected to be available commercially in 2012, and by then their specifications may have improved even further. Their expected retail price is unknown at this stage.
這些 SSDs 預計在 2012 年可商業化取得，而且到那時候，他們的規格書甚至將有更進一步的改善。預期零售價格目前仍然未知。
More information: Nikkei:http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100209DA9J2093.htm(requires subscription)
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