Samsung Ships Hybrid Hard Drives

writertype writes "ExtremeTech reports that Samsung has become the first company to begin shipping hybrid hard drives as discussed last fall on Slashdot. (Some photos here.) Unfortunately, there's no word yet (beyond 'soon') on when retail shipments will begin, or when (or if) 3.5-inch models will be available. Note that these hybrid drives are different than the ReadyBoost USB flash drives optimized for Vista; hybrid drives contain a smaller amount of flash, and work as a write cache for your notebook drive, extending battery life."

Re:well

[Anonymous Coward]

BSFlash

Re:hard drives are going away

[fizzyabbo]

If it has a mechanical action to it, it can fail horribly.

A succinct description of my love life =(

Re:Hybrid

[Anonymous Coward]

When I saw this, I thought, "Cool, now I can finally get my kids a dog and me some additional storage space, all with one purchase."

And to celebrate your new found good fortune, you decided to take yet another bong hit. Peace out, man.

Hybrid Drives Rock

[Grashnak]

They really cut back on emissions by only using the gasoline engine while they're spinning up, and then switching over to cleaner battery power while slowing back down.

I'm in the southern hemisphere you insensitive ...

[gfim]

Why say "last fall"? I realise that Slashdot is mostly full of yanks, but why not try to be a bit more cosmopolitan?