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Removing the HD bottleneck

Tony — 2/15/2005 3:17:16 PM (archived)

Perfect timing - read this yesterday.

From Economist

In short, multiply the number of heads by a lot and make them move rather than the disk.

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The whole thread (17 posts)

exponential growth - R.L. - 2/7/2005 8:16:07 PM
- re: exponential growth - Doug Ellison - 2/14/2005 12:25:53 PM
  - Removing the HD bottleneck - Tony - 2/15/2005 3:17:16 PM
    - re: Removing the HD bottleneck - Tom Brosz - 2/15/2005 7:29:59 PM
      - I miss me ol' winchester - Tony - 2/15/2005 8:03:47 PM
        
        Why? - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2005 2:16:40 AM
        
        I believe(?) SCSI is still the fastest - Gary - 2/23/2005 4:58:56 AM
        
        True - Tony - 2/16/2005 1:09:28 PM
        
        I still have a Star Trek text game on a huge roll of yellow punch tape. - Tom Brosz - 2/17/2005 12:08:17 AM
        
        That should come in handy (n/t) - alcaray - 2/17/2005 12:16:42 AM
        
        LOL! (n/t) - Davin :. - 2/17/2005 1:31:57 AM
  - The old saying - Intel giveth and Microsoft taketh away. (n/t) - Tony - 2/14/2005 7:44:11 PM
- re: exponential growth - Tom Brosz - 2/8/2005 12:02:58 AM
  - How do you remember these books??? - alcaray - 2/8/2005 12:23:25 AM
    - re: How do you remember these books??? - Tom Brosz - 2/8/2005 2:11:11 AM
- I could do great things with my 48K Spectrum - Tony - 2/7/2005 8:59:40 PM
  - re: I could do great things with my 48K Spectrum - Doug Ellison - 2/22/2005 4:26:36 PM

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