cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 16 days agoChina is about to launch SSDs so small you insert them like a SIM cardwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
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minus-squareMML@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoIt doesn’t say in the article but as cards are pretty terrible for long term storage, maybe this is better?
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoIs there a difference, besides SSDs tending to be plugged-in all the time? Maybe better firmware?
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoSSDs have controllers that help mitigating storage issues whereas SD cards are dumb.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoNo, Micro/SD-cards have a very simple controller (no wear leveling, trim) and thus need no heat spreader. This one would need one.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoIt’s a little weird that wear leveling isn’t handled at the software level, given that you can surely pick free sectors randomly. Random access is nearly free. So is idle CPU time.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoSSD still simulate HDD, because OS would need to adapt otherwise, lol.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoDefragging wasn’t handled in hardware. The OS is free to frag it up.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-213 days agoYep, defragmenting still did help with NTFS even on SSD, until MS made it a daemon in Windows 10.
So… an SD card?
It doesn’t say in the article but as cards are pretty terrible for long term storage, maybe this is better?
Is there a difference, besides SSDs tending to be plugged-in all the time? Maybe better firmware?
SSDs have controllers that help mitigating storage issues whereas SD cards are dumb.
No, Micro/SD-cards have a very simple controller (no wear leveling, trim) and thus need no heat spreader. This one would need one.
It’s a little weird that wear leveling isn’t handled at the software level, given that you can surely pick free sectors randomly. Random access is nearly free. So is idle CPU time.
SSD still simulate HDD, because OS would need to adapt otherwise, lol.
Defragging wasn’t handled in hardware. The OS is free to frag it up.
Yep, defragmenting still did help with NTFS even on SSD, until MS made it a daemon in Windows 10.
No no, a Sim card! Wow!