Storage Networking and Moore's Law

Storage networking has reached the high street. But that’s no reason for enterprises to dismiss it. This IT Pro story compares Moore’s Law to not only processors, but general IT, including storage networking.

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"Moore’s Law is most closely linked with the processing power of computers. But the trend for IT equipment to become more powerful, and cost less money, is by no means confined to the CPU. Just look at smartphones.

"Storage is one area where improvements have tended to lag behind, however. The physics of spinning disks – which need motors, ball bearings and other mechanical parts – stand to benefit less from the falling cost of transistors than microprocessors or RAM."

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