http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/ Engadget Comments for DataSlide's Hard Rectangular Drive set to revolutionize storage with diamonds, become girl's best friend http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/
SSDs aren't completely solid either, you have electrons moving in them! (they have mass too)]]>Jun 18th 2009 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Jun 18th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/ this.]]>Jun 18th 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/
However, a cursory glance reveals inelegance, and lots of it.
...until I see a working sample and cost projections.

I'm all for spinning platters and overhyped Flash memory going the way of the dodo, ready to be replaced with something finer. But I suspect this isn't it.

Regards,
Stingy Slush Fund Manager]]>Jun 18th 2009 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Jun 18th 2009 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/ all I think.]]>Jun 18th 2009 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Although then rigidity would become very important I guess.
]]>Jun 18th 2009 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/
As I see it, using ball bearings or ridges along the edges to separate the plates from each others would complicate things considerably and drive the production costs through the roof. Using sheets of artificial diamond to act as insulation and bearing is in my mind a stroke of genius. Not only is diamond a excellent heat transfer medium but it's also incredible durable so if the sheets are perfect without a single imperfection I don't see a reason why it shouldn't run well for years, even decades without breaking down.]]>Jun 18th 2009 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/I can't even imagine how ungodly expensive this will be, especially when holographic storage is already being developed. I could, however, see a niche use of this in something critical like a satellite or submarine - where part replacement may not be an option. It's like the floating volcano island fortress of hard drives!]]>Jun 18th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Jun 18th 2009 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/expensive? naah, it won't be expensive to manufacture. Artificial diamonds are produced in bulk, is dirt cheap and is 100% pure carbon which is this planet most abundant resource.
So, three sheets of diamond glass, a piezo actuator and a little control logic is all that takes to make one of these. the most expensive part of the process would be to graft semi-conductors into the surface of the glass, much like LCD's are produced and we all know how cheap they are these days. so no, it won't be that expensive. I recon.. ^^


@Suijin
ahh yeah, I forgot about that.

So yeah, using diamond in this is a stroke of genius :)]]>Jun 18th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Jun 18th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Jun 18th 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/
Today, thanks to Moore's Law and chip makers striving to follow that law nano technology is a blooming business and it allows us to revisit those old ideas and improve them thousandfold.]]>Jun 18th 2009 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Jun 18th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Jun 18th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/
Honestly, no one has made this joke yet? I'm disappointed in you, Engadget.]]>Jun 18th 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Jun 18th 2009 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Jun 18th 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/]]>Jun 18th 2009 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Jun 18th 2009 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Jun 18th 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Jun 18th 2009 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Jun 18th 2009 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/
kidding aside, artificial neural-networks (ANN) are used in data processing/pattern recognition. I'm never heard of a storage device utilizing the concept...]]>Jun 18th 2009 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/
Swarosvski also makes some of the best binoculars, much less expensive than the best - Leica. ]]>Jun 18th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/
that drive would need a HELL of a lot of heads... ]]>Jun 18th 2009 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/
The HTHP method used to create industrial micro-diamonds is relatively inexpensive.

However, the plasma deposition technique needed to produce a surface as uniform as this requires isn't cheap at all. ]]>Jun 18th 2009 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/dataslides-hard-rectangular-drive-set-to-revolutionize-storage/Jun 18th 2009 9:02PM