solid state hybrid drive

A hybrid drive is an SSD and hard disk that work together as one drive. Hybrids may store only the operating system in the faster solid state drive (SSD), or they may automatically migrate frequently used programs and data from the disk to the SSD.

This is essentially an interim device, because SSD storage is more costly than the very mature hard drive technology. However, as time moves on, SSDs will overtake hard drives that rely on spinning magnetic platters making thousands of rotations per minute. See hybrid drive, Fusion Drive, SSD, magnetic disk and flash memory.

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The low-profile of the solid state hybrid drive is complemented by the extremely small form factor of the SanDisk iSSD, which is built on 19 nanometre (nm) process technology, the world's smallest and most advanced semiconductor manufacturing process.

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