SSDs have been around for quite some time. The first that I've found is Texas Memory. Not quite 1977, but not flash either, although they've been doing so for a couple of years.
http://www.ramsan.com/company/history ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:56:16 -0600 >From: pgsql-performance-ow...@postgresql.org (on behalf of David Boreham ><david_l...@boreham.org>) >Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Intel SSDs that may not suck >To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org > >Had to say a quick thanks to Greg and the others who have posted >detailed test results on SSDs here. >For those of us watching for the inflection point where we can begin the >transition from mechanical to solid state storage, this data and >experience is invaluable. Thanks for sharing it. > >A short story while I'm posting : my Dad taught electronics engineering >and would often visit the local factories with groups of students. I >remember in particular after a visit to a disk drive manufacturer >(Burroughs), in 1977 he came home telling me that he'd asked the plant >manager what their plan was once solid state storage made their products >obsolete. The manager looked at him like he was form another planet... > >So I've been waiting patiently 34 years for this hopefully >soon-to-arrive moment ;) > > > >-- >Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) >To make changes to your subscription: >http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
