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The tiered design of hybrid hard drives, compared to current dual-drive solutions, also provides a redundancy benefit for users.
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It's also worth mentioning that Samsung is coming out with some additional touchscreen Series 5 models, which will add backlit keyboards and have similar specs (hybrid hard drives, 1, 366 x 768 resolution, etc.).
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Hybrid hard drives combine NAND flash and magnetic disks, simplifying storage-element integration for OEM customers and providing a host of end user benefits: superior performance, responsiveness, lower power consumption, greater operating shock tolerance, and data protection.
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Hybrid hard disk drives and some dual storage computers appear to be the great hope of notebook computers over the next few years.
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While flash memory in a separate smaller capacity SSD module is playing a role in these new ultra-thin computers the introduction of hybrid hard disk drives with a flash cache inside the hard drive may plan a significant role as well.
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Gerra writes that a key issue for SanDis is that NAND flash content in ultrabooks is tracking far below expectations, with an average of 32-40 GB, rather than initial speculation of 128-256 GB, as consumer opt for models with hybrid drives that still include spinning media rather than shunning traditional hard drives altogether.
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He also notes that the company is now in qualification with a number of PC makers on hybrid drives, which includes both the quick booting characteristics of solid-state drives, and the capacity advantages of hard drives.
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