Kingston Technology expects to bring a flash hard drive to market by early 2008.
SanDisk wants to replace the hard drive in notebooks with flash memory, a swap that it says will make thin laptops faster and more reliable.
Samsung is warning its customers that NAND flash memory might be hard to come by for some time after Apple placed a large order, according to a report out of Taiwan.
Seagate Technology, best known as a maker of magnetic hard drives, plans to make storage components based on flash memory as well, according to CEO Bill Watkins.
Flash drives, which unlike traditional hard drives do not have any moving parts, will be common in notebooks bought during 2009 and account for 15 percent of that market by 2011.
Microsoft and Samsung showed off a prototype hard drive on Monday that can record data while idling, a twist that has the potential to significantly cut power consumption in notebooks.
Toshiba will be releasing its 30GB and 60GB 1.8-inch hard drives later than expected.
Hard drive maker Seagate plans to boost the capacity of its PC and server drives and deliver a 1-inch drive for consumer electronics, the company said.
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