cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 months agoChina is about to launch SSDs so small you insert them like a SIM cardwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkChina is about to launch SSDs so small you insert them like a SIM cardwww.theverge.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareMML@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months 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-up6·3 months agoIs there a difference, besides SSDs tending to be plugged-in all the time? Maybe better firmware?
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months 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-up2·3 months 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-up2·3 months agoSSD still simulate HDD, because OS would need to adapt otherwise, lol.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoDefragging wasn’t handled in hardware. The OS is free to frag it up.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoYep, defragmenting still did help with NTFS even on SSD, until MS made it a daemon in Windows 10.
So… an SD card?
No no, a Sim card! Wow!
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?
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.