By combining HDD storage capacity with the higher performance of flash memory, a total system performance close to flash memory can be achieved with storage costs close to those of HDDs.

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Total amount of available memory may be less based on configuration.

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They outfitted three carrier pigeons with teensy, high-density flash memory cards storing a total of 4 gigabytes--the equivalent of 1, 000 songs on an iPod mini--and cast them on a 62-mile journey.

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This will require 105 Exabytes of flash memory by 2020 but the total storage demand for computers will require more HDD units than SSDs.

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We estimate that SanDisk is currently responsible for 33% of the total gigabytes (GBs) of flash memory shipped annually for the global mobile phone market.

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Skyera is also offering compression and deduplication to lower the total cost to storage content on a flash memory based enterprise storage system.

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The Memory of the World Register, now numbers a total of 245 documents and documentary collections from all parts of the world.

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And not content with anything less than total domination, in January Apple introduced the iPod shuffle, a flash-memory player, which is naturally smaller and better looking than anything the competition can yet muster.

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At present, a total of 91 collections from 45 countries are inscribed on the International Register of the Memory of the World Programme.

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It is clear that the total growth in storage demand will drive increased need for an ecosystem of storage technologies including flash memory and HDDs (and even magnetic tape).

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