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To: Joe NYC who wrote (31373)	3/30/1999 10:21:00 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Jozef, Re: Disk drives vs flash Rotating memory will always be much cheaper. However at $0.50/mbyte you get around 50Mb for $25 in less than 2 years or so. Disk Drives in 2 yrs will be $15Gb or so in the $150 range. For a whole lotta users and a whole lot of apps don't need much more localized space particluarly as centralized storage becomes dirt cheap via the web. Regards, Kash

To: Joe NYC who wrote (31373)	3/31/1999 12:48:00 AM
From: Saturn V	Respond to of 33344

Ref-<Which one do you think is faster? Are the semiconductors catching up, or falling behind? > I have not seen a detailed analysis of this issue, and I have'nt had the time to perform the analysis myself. My intution and gut feel says that the semiconductor DRAM and magnetic disk memories have progressed at an almost equal rate.The computer memory hierachy has stayed the same ever since DRAM memory knocked out the magnetic cores in early 1970's. Any unequal rate of change of such fast moving technologies would have changed the memory hierachy.Companies invested hundred of millions in alternate storage technologies like magnetic bubbles and CCD semiconductor memories, but these could not find a niche due to the dramatic rate of change of DRAM and magnetic disks.