Sun Proposes New Solid State Storage Spec

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Paul Shread
Mar 11, 2009

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“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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