John and Ben discuss SSDs, data transfer bottlenecks and the evolution of PC data storage architectures.
With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.

Bus Communication:

• Parallel Communication
• Industry Standard Architecture
• Advanced Technology Attachment
• Parallel ATA
• Serial ATA
• 8b/10b encoding
• Conventional PCI
• PCI Express

Memory:

• Non-Volatile Memory
• Field Electron Emission
• Hot-Carrier Injection
• Tunnel Injection
• Flash Memory
• Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor
• MOSFET
• Flash Memory Interface Tutorial
• Introduction to Flash Memory (PDF)
• Should You Upgrade to SSD
• SandForce
• SandForce Driven Program
• Solid-State Drive
• Data Striping
• Optimizing Flash (PPT)
• Flash Translation Layers (PPT)

SSDs:

• OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD Review 240GB
• PR_PCIeSSDcard.jpg 2,779×2,779 pixels
• Samsung and Toshiba (SandForce) SSDs Go Head To Head

Miscellaneous:

• Basecamp Next’s Caching Hardware
• 37 Signals Still Happily Scaling On Moore RAM and SSDs

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