Ever heard of a “1517” or a “Mini SSD”?
  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    3 months ago

    I mean, we already have memory cards like microSD. And SSDs have been shrinking for a while now. Not surprising someone is getting to the point where the line blurs.

    • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      3 months ago

      SD cards lack durability in my experience.

      Hopefully a reason for producing this alternative is improved durability.

    • MML@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      It doesn’t say in the article but as cards are pretty terrible for long term storage, maybe this is better?

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      No, Micro/SD-cards have a very simple controller (no wear leveling, trim) and thus need no heat spreader. This one would need one.

      • mindbleach@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        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.

  • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    chips on m.2 devices are already that small. i bought a 1TB one recently and it was mostly just empty.

    … so i’m assuming this is just a new package?

  • bigboismith@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    MicroSDs are tiny but slow

    Transfer speed: 985MB/s

    It’s a bit brave to throw shade with only around 3x increase, atleast when we’re already talking about absurd speeds