Mini-hard disk and Nand flash

[neoflash]

Anyone have article talking about their future?

Who is going to win?

 

[techie]

i guess Flash is giong to win "eventually" but HDD will stay around for many years to come.

 

[neoflash]

What about 10 years as a timing range? Who is better?

 

[techie]

I think after 10 years, year 2015, HDDs will still be around. But they will have reached their density limit. I guess a 3.5inch drive will pack about 10TB - 500TB data. The cost will be around $20 - $100. On the other hand, FLASH will still be more expensive than HDD although by not that big a margin as today. I think HDDs may disappear altogether after about 20 years.

 

[demodb]

other techniques are under development right now, like FRAM, MRAM or phase change. I think the development of these and whether they will make it to the market will mainly determine if the HD or flash will survive.

 

[techie]

One this is for sure. Mechanics is going to be replaced by solid state "eventually".

 

[neoflash]

Good inputs.

Then, is it worthwhile to go for hard-disk driver IC design?

Is that a very specific design area? I know flash designer are very specific and very different from typical analog designer.

What about hard-disk driver designer? Is that design job fun?

thanks,
Neoflash

 

[Baiyawfan]

I think HDD driver IC design is easier than Flash IC