This article is from ebnews.com (Electronic Buyer's New). It's from last December, but I don't remember seeing anything about it here. Sorry if it's already been posted.
SanDisk flash replaces drives in Intermec PCs
ebnews.com
SanDisk Corp. will supply Intermec Technologies Corp. with
60-megabyte FlashDrives for use in Intermec's industrial PCs, in a
deal that highlights a trend to replace standard disk drives with
solid-state flash memory.
"Flash memory has proven to be the ultimate solution for data storage
in rugged industrial environments," said Jeff Ellerbruch, product
manager at SanDisk (Sunnyvale, Calif.). Although traditional disk
drives retain the vast majority of the PC storage market, analysts
have suggested flash-based storage could see greater utilization as
its capacity increases and its cost-per-megabyte declines.
Intermec's systems are designed for use in industrial environments.
"Remote depots typically have minimal IT support and, over time, can
experience disk problems due to movement, power outage, dust,
moisture and other damaging environmental conditions," said Mike
Colwell, director of marketing for the mobile systems division of
Intermec (Everett, Wash.). "One of our design objectives was to offer
an alternative to spinning disk media, which cannot withstand these
industrial conditions."
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