The flash memory in the Fusion Drive moves data and applications frequently accessed by the user to the flash memory and move less frequently used data to the hard disk drive as the flash memory becomes full.
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International fashion retailers are rushing to set up virtual shops in China, providing competition to domestic players like tiny Shangpin and larger, Nasdaq NYSE-listed VIPshop, which uses flash sales to move midpriced apparel.
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But startups working with flash can in theory move faster and are aiming to disrupt established players.
This is part of BBC News' move to live Flash embedded video, designed to offer better quality and ease of access for users.
Move, like Flash, requires users to install a software player.
One driver for Seagate in the transaction is its move into NAND-Flash based products: the company is nearing the launch of a second-generation enterprise solid-state drive offering, and Luczo says a third-generation product under development jointly with Samsung should arrive in 2012.
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An adaptive memory algorithm is used to move frequently retrieved data to the flash memory.
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This move to a better screen, all-flash storage and the elimination of a physical slot for discs shifts the company ahead in its typical, pack-leading style.
Bats Exchange and Nasdaq recently started their own flash quote programs (Bats calls its program Bolt) in a defensive move to protect their market share, but even executives at those companies would argue the SEC should examine the situation more closely.
The move was mirrored by other high-frequency firms, making the "flash crash" worse, since the firms were no longer standing ready to buy stocks other investors were selling.
Move further up and you'll encounter the 12-megapixel camera, flash and nearly invisible speaker grill.
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As PCIe products move from Generation 2 to Generation 3 with a doubling of the data rate per PCIe communications lane, flash based storage devices using this interface as their data transfer backbone will enable very high performance systems.
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