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episode 12: Pages Blocks Planes Die Bank Device
John and Ben discuss SSDs, data transfer bottlenecks and the evolution of PC data storage architectures.
With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.
Bus Communication:
- Parallel Communication
- Industry Standard Architecture
- Advanced Technology Attachment
- Parallel ATA
- Serial ATA
- 8b/10b encoding
- Conventional PCI
- PCI Express
Memory:
- Non-Volatile Memory
- Field Electron Emission
- Hot-Carrier Injection
- Tunnel Injection
- Flash Memory
- Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor
- MOSFET
- Flash Memory Interface Tutorial
- Introduction to Flash Memory (PDF)
- Should You Upgrade to SSD
- SandForce
- SandForce Driven Program
- Solid-State Drive
- Data Striping
- Optimizing Flash (PPT)
- Flash Translation Layers (PPT)
SSDs:
- OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD Review 240GB
- PR_PCIeSSDcard.jpg 2,779×2,779 pixels
- Samsung and Toshiba (SandForce) SSDs Go Head To Head
Miscellaneous:
- Basecamp Next’s Caching Hardware
- 37 Signals Still Happily Scaling On Moore RAM and SSDs
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