tells me that in the not too distant future, hard drives will be non-existent because of their mechanical failings. They will be completely replaced by solid state storage devices that in many ways resemble USB thumb drives
The time is here already. There are next gen SSD "drives" already selling, as this M.2 SSD pictured here. They are blazing fast, like reading directly from RAM memory. You can already get them up to 2TB in size. Also newest high performance laptops are fitted with M.2. So yes, spinning disks are close to extinction. I have none on any of my PCs anymore.
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