linux-kernel - Re: solid state drive access and context switching

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Message-ID: <4755BC97.7050607@nortel.com>
Date:	Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:46:15 -0600
From:	"Chris Friesen" <cfriesen@...tel.com>
To:	Jared Hulbert <jaredeh@...il.com>
CC:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: solid state drive access and context switching

Jared Hulbert wrote:

> Magnetic drives have latencies ~10 milliseconds, current SSD's are an
> order of magnitude better (~1 millisecond), new interfaces and
> refinements could theoretically get us down one more (~100
> microsecond).

They've already done already better than that.  Here's a solid state 
drive with a claimed 20 microsecond access time:

http://www.curtisssd.com/products/drives/hyperxclr

Chris
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