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Old 01-09-2006, 06:52 PM   #1
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Default 4GB & 8GB sticks coming this year

The only problem with my psp i have is its max capacity of 2gb, this is soon to be resolved and thus making my Ipod redundant :multi: A couple of 8gb sticks is more than enough for my needs. And seeing as though 2gb are going for half retail price on ebay, they shouldnt be too pricey either
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Old 01-09-2006, 07:09 PM   #2
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This is exactly what the PSP was lacking - a decent storage capacity.

Now i'm a little miffed that i sold mine, but i needed the cash i guess. :bah:

The PSP would make a really slick alternative to the iPod in the car - bigger screen would make it the ideal music player for your car - so it needs a car dock, and a decent Music utility too
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Old 01-09-2006, 07:28 PM   #3
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are you sure it won't be pricy? knowing sony, they like to rip ppl off. and this is from a person who likes using sony products.
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AtomChip displayed @ CES
a 500GB, 1TB and 2TB cards!
so they kinda shit on 8GB

info on the 500GB
http://atomchip.com/_wsn/page2.html
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Old 01-09-2006, 08:46 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Toronto
AtomChip displayed @ CES
a 500GB, 1TB and 2TB cards!
so they kinda shit on 8GB

info on the 500GB
http://atomchip.com/_wsn/page2.html
But with an est. timetable of arrival in the market of?...
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Old 01-09-2006, 10:35 PM   #6
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With chips like that - why bother with hard drives?
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Old 01-09-2006, 11:10 PM   #7
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Old 01-09-2006, 11:41 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by RC45
With chips like that - why bother with hard drives?
Well if these chips really are non-volatile, then no reason at all

Of course access times are important as well...current hard drives can be quite speedy
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Old 01-10-2006, 01:31 AM   #9
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I have yet to play around with the PSP. Apparently, its really good. I love gadgets and this is one I havent tried myself.
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Old 01-10-2006, 05:38 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by pharzo
Originally Posted by RC45
With chips like that - why bother with hard drives?
Well if these chips really are non-volatile, then no reason at all

Of course access times are important as well...current hard drives can be quite speedy
The Quantum-Optical technology has a minimum sustained write speed of 6 gigabytes (GB) per second and a read speed of 8 GB per second.

doesen't sound exactly slow

But no doubt these are far from mass production - plus it wont fit in my psp

The retial price of sonys sticks are fairly pricey but as i said, they're going for hlaf that on ebay.

If sony gets its act together, I have a feeling the next generation psp will be the only gadget i'll need
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The Quantum-Optical technology has a minimum sustained write speed of 6 gigabytes (GB) per second and a read speed of 8 GB per second.
yeah not so slow. However, there's no interface capable of supporting that type of speed. Even processor sockets are 6.4 GB/s (socket 478)

I browsed that site a little though, and it looks as though they're making some of the cards compatible with normal IDE pins. Pity IDE maxes out at 133 MB/s
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