Dropping Cost of Flash Memory Makes Solid-State Data Storage Affordable for More Designers

by John Keller Military & Aerospace Electronics, April 2006 Solid-state data storage, which keeps electronic data in memory chips rather than on spinning magnetic or optical media, has several advantages over its magnetic and optical cousins. Solid-state storage is fast, quiet, and rugged. Until recently however, it was a lot more expensive. That is changing, however, with the advent of relatively inexpensive Flash memory that in large volumes is going into popular commercial electronic devices such as digital cameras and portable MP3 players. Read more