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- Maker of flash memory card aims to pack storage farm in server
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Maker of flash memory card aims to pack storage farm in server
EETimes.com – Oct 15, 2007
Although hard drives provide storage at much lower cost (about 50 cents to $2 per Gbyte) than flash (about $20 per Gbyte), disks trail in performance and power consumption. Those factors are opening up new frontiers for flash in computers, particularly in portable and high-end servers–as long as the PC underpinnings support solid-state technology. If OSes did not spend so much time moving and copying block storage structures, they could handle more throughput, said Flynn. That would open the door for today’s…
The changes may not be available until at least the end of the year. Microsoft is believed to be considering similar changes for Windows Server. However, the company was not available to comment on the issue by press time. The changes amount to a way to handle block storage more efficiently. Flynn suggested the block storage structures could be moved to a higher OS level, such as creating address offsets in files. The capability will also require changes in the hardware controller Fusion-io has designed. “We think storage on PCI Express makes a lot of sense; it’s just a question of when,” said Pat Wilkison, vice president of marketing and business development at Stec Inc.

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Forbes – Oct 15, 2007
Not the usual kind. This blazing fire and billowing black smoke came from a test drill at Taq Taq, an oilfield 30 miles southwest of Irbil in the Kurdish region. With no pipeline or storage tanks in place, Addax Petroleum had little choice but to burn off the oil rather than let it soak into the rocky ground. Opening the well for a few minutes revealed a true gusher: a flow rate of 37,500 barrels per day. Considering the results from three other wells already completed, engineers figure that Taq Taq holds more than 2. 7 billion barrels of high-quality crude and could produce as much as 200,000 bpd for ten years. One small problem: Iraq’s parliament still hasn’t signed off on a federal oil law, putting the entire $500 million gamble in jeopardy…
The company is also pursuing prospects in Cameroon and Gabon. Wherever it ventures, Addax does very well. Over the last 12 months it netted $300 million on revenue of $2. Run out of Geneva, Switzerland, Addax is listed on the Toronto and London exchanges; Gandur’s 24% stake is worth $1.

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