SanDisk packed 128GB into a USB 3.0 drive the size of a dime

[Mr. Analog]

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/06/01/sandisk-packed-128gb-into-a-usb-type-c-drive-the-size-of-a-dime/

I found some old 2 GB hard drives from about 15 years ago

... m'yeah

[Tom]

Isn't that nuts? They've done some insane things lately with flash. Now you can get a /consumer/ m.2 flash drive that can do up to 2-3GB/s.

[Mr. Analog]

It's madness! Madness I tell you!

[Tom]

Turns out though that most software just can't make use of insane speeds like that lol. I've seen it tested on a few different sites now, and going from SATA III/6G SSDs to 2GBps PCIe SSDs gets you about nothing unless you go insane multithreaded. the OS doesn't load much faster, nor do games or apps.

I tell you what, I will be making most of my future PC apps/games use worker queues to load and run things. Use ALL THE CORES and ALL THE BANDWIDTH. Even if it causes my laptop to burn me

[Mr. Analog]

LOL

[Tom]

Why did I buy a laptop with a i7-3720QM CPU (quad core w/HT) and build a desktop with a AMD FX-8320 (octo core), and a dual socket, 16 core Opteron BEAST of a server?

[Darren Dirt]

...because you are a first-adopter-aholic?

Nothing like paying twice the price for 105% of the speed of The Jones's tech!

[Tom]

...because you are a first-adopter-aholic?

Nothing like paying twice the price for 105% of the speed of The Jones's tech!

None of them were bought anywhere near close to being "first-adopter". lol. Heck the opteron box is all used parts. but I do like me some MEGA HURTZ and CORES.

[Tom]

Speaking of insane amounts of flash in a tiny space: http://gizmodo.com/microdia-somehow-fit-512gb-onto-a-microsd-card-1709208856

[Lazybones]

Speaking of insane amounts of flash in a tiny space: http://gizmodo.com/microdia-somehow-fit-512gb-onto-a-microsd-card-1709208856

Combine it with one of these http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINI-5Gbps-Super-Speed-USB-3-0-Micro-SD-SDXC-TF-Card-Reader-Adapter-GFY-/381124277057 and you are all set.