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Coaxing Better Speed From QLC With A Little Tender Loving Care

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020TWGHardware

An Upgraded FlashCore Module Helps Speed And Longevity IBM’s Andy Walls participated in a Moor Insights and Strategy fireside chat recently, revealing how they have improved the performance and lifetime of QLC flash in their FlashSystem 9200 all-flash arrays. A new controller integrated with their FlashCore module is able to determine the health of individual […]

Drop That Floppy, Boot From Vinyl Instead!

November 23, 2020TWGHardware

It Gives Your OS A Much More Natural Sound Hackaday posted a very impressive hack today, letting us know that Jozef Bogin has been able to successfully boot an old IBM 51050 off of a vinyl record, in about the same time as an old floppy would. He had access to a vinyl lathe which […]