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To: Pierre-X who wrote (4396)	9/9/1998 10:40:00 AM
From: Mark Oliver	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9256

Pierre, I'd speculated earlier that it would make sense for Samsung and Hyundai to get together and merge some of their business units like HDD's. biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com Well, don't know if you all noticed, but Hyundai is trying to strike a deal with LG Semicon to merge their semiconductor units. This seems like a big move. Certainly a capitulation that things aren't going to get better soon for DRAM pricing. Sure looks like we must see a move to PC's with huge DRAM counts. I wouldn't buy a system with less than 128M, and I'd consider 256. As the software developers get going on the idea of tons of faster DRAM to run programs, we should see some exciting changes. I don't see why we won't see systems with 1G of DRAM as common place in 2 or 3 years. By then, the high end DRAM chip will probably be 4 gig. Regards, Mark PS Can a disk drive run in a shock filled environment such as a car? Sure seems like the auto PC is a sure thing in the near future. Will they run their storage on a HDD? Is the move by IBM to such a small diameter platter for shock resistance, or size reduction? Will WDC make these drives?

To: Pierre-X who wrote (4396)	9/9/1998 10:56:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9256

>>As a thread FYI, 8 meg flash goes for 80 bucks right now. << Here is $34 for 8MB of Flash: rook.pricewatch.com@ctd+206+AND+@contents+8MB*&catd=206&cn=Camera+Memory&cr=Camera+Memory++8MB&n=30&CiCodePage=Windows-1252&a=0 And this IBM drive should be suspect, as should any mini-drive meant for portable devices. One can be suprised how much shock and vibration the average portable device goes through on a daily basis. FlashCards are industry rated in the 1000's of G's of tolerance. What worries me is the thought of a tiny read/write head array that is floating micrometers away from a rapidly spinning disc. One litle bump too hard while in use, and WHAMMO! IBM's new drive and Iomega's mini-drive both concern me in this regard.