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Intel has near-doubled the capacity and speed of its DC P3600 PCIe NVMe flash card with a DC P3608 refresh. It’s doubled the number of PCIe lanes from 4 to 8 and upped the maximum capacity from 2TB to 4TB, while still using 20nm MLC flash – the HET variety – in the P3608’s case. The net effect is to boost both IOPS and …

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  1. Prst. V.Jeltz Silver badge

    calling it a "drive" at this stage (and speed) really is a bit legacy isnt it?

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    1. Ragarath
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      It's called a solid state drive. Why is that any different than calling it a flash card or a disk drive a, well a disk drive?

      Would you prefer they called it "A device for storing files in non-volatile memory chips"?

      Everyone knows what a "drive" is, the explaination above but in a short format. If you like it drives file storage for the OS.

      Why is a device driver called a driver?

      I could go on but feel it pointless.

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      1. enormous c word
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        Bulk Memory

        Bulk Memory seems a better term to me.

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  2. Stryker007

    Guess they have to call it by a name that people (the buyers) understand if they want it to sell

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    And how do you hotswap a PCI card? This isn't really an enterprise product

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    1. John Robson Silver badge
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      You don't - you hotswap the server

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    Looks like the Fusion-IO ioDrive2 Duo

    Same thing -- two different controllers on the same slot. It is a great idea.

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    1. John Sanders
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      Re: Looks like the Fusion-IO ioDrive2 Duo

      Such a great idea, let's make it even better, why not having 3 into one... oh wait.

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  5. Hellcat

    I was hoping for something a bit crazier - like SLI/Crossfire for PCIe drives. Yes I know there's enough bandwidth on the PCIe bus, but part of me was always impressed by the Voodoo GFX accelerators and early Rage Fury Maxx cards.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    Sad Trombone Sound

    Was this announces on "two-fer Tuesday"?

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