Sun Proposes New Solid State Storage Spec

[ Thanks to Paul Shread for this link. ]

"The DIMM-sized Open Flash Module (see image at bottom) uses a SATA interface and would still appear as a hard drive to software, but hardware would need to be redesigned for the new slot.

""We hope it will become an industry-wide standard," said Lovell.

"Sun said that open sourcing the hardware specification "will give the Open Storage community access to an industry standard for further flash innovation.""

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