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Originally Posted by NoBoxes
I've only read about the solid state drive in which the chief advantage seems to be durability, ...
Are the other new technologies any better poised to see widespread application?
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"Conventional memory was about storing electrical charges." A "solid state drive" is just that. An earlier attempt to replace disk drives with solid state was called "bubble memory". A potential 'disruptive innovation' called bubble memory eventually failed to make it.
Rephrasing the question is, "Are these disruptive innovations?" The disk drive inside a computer (called a cell phone or mobile) uses a solid state disk. Market for such drives has long existed. A 'less than one inch disk drive' existed maybe a decade ago. Can these new memory technologies do better? How long does it take for a disruptive innovation to change the marketplace? How many just 'knew' something was a disruptive technology when first made available?
We know these three memories are fundamentally radical new technologies to replace "memory by storing electrical charges". Companies such as Intel sold off their 'electrical charge storage memory' production lines to move into new memory technology. (Memory is the first component that Intel designs for each new technology processor.) We know these memories are technically superior to non-volatile memory found even in curent solid state disk drives. But does it meet a ballpark criteria of tens times improvement? Is it so disruptive as to threaten conventional disk drives?
Only time and innovation can answer that question. If there was a simpler answer, then I would not even bother posting the obvious. No way to answer that question with anything but a 'maybe'. New memory technology would have been a reporter's topic if he understood simple computer hardware concepts.