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The Intel Forecast and Flash Drive Technology

My experience with Flash Drive Technology as opposed to CD Storage, has drastically changed in the usage of external and internal data storage. I have struggled with several types of data conservation and storage for many years. The upgrading of this particular hardware has decidedly corrected the dilemma. While searching for the ultimate storage media for the many types of data to which I am involved, I ran across an advertisement for flash drives. Some people identify them as “jump drives.” The convenient drive(s) allows for instantaneous storage and convenience as opposed to having to burn data to a CD driven storage media device. It also allows for the saving of desktop or closet/cabinet space and fits on the end of a key chain as easily as dropping the item into a pocket of brief case. The devices have a storage capacity that exceeds many CD’s, as high as 8 to 15 Gigabytes of better. Whereas, a CD may only have a capacity of only 700 Megabytes.

My review of two articles by Don Clark “Intel Forecast Signals Strong Technology” and Lee Gomes, “As Disk Drives Reach New Milestones, Flash Gains New Currency,” I am inclined to agree with the majority of the information therein.

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