Micron predicts flash memory will replace disk drives

Cisco, Nortel, Juniper, F5, etc. have been using SSD technology for several years already in many of their enterprise products. The only difference now is that prices are much, much more favorable to the customer.

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Micron is not the first to predict that hard disk drives will be gradually replaced by flash memories. The idea started long ago with M-Systems ( Flash Disk Pioneers- recently acquired by SanDisk) and others that realized the potential those non-volatile memories carry. Micron is new to this sector, thanks to its coooperation with Intel, understanding that its declining margin from DRAMs must be compensated...