So… an SD card?
China is about to launch SSDs so small you insert them like a SIM card
Submitted 10 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.zip
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mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
altphoto@lemmy.today 10 months ago
No no, a Sim card! Wow!
MML@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
It doesn’t say in the article but as cards are pretty terrible for long term storage, maybe this is better?
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Is there a difference, besides SSDs tending to be plugged-in all the time? Maybe better firmware?
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 10 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.works 10 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.nu 10 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.world 10 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
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 10 months ago
Holy shit, the fever is well controlled!
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 10 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.world 10 months ago
SD cards lack durability in my experience.
Hopefully a reason for producing this alternative is improved durability.