"Solid state" storage systems, like flash memory, offer some clear advantages over the spinning-disk drives of the past.

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Now that the problem is understood it is clear that fewer PCs will ship in the first quarter because of a shortage of hard disk drives, driving an oversupply of semiconductors which will put prices into a tailspin.

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