China is about to launch SSDs so small you insert them like a SIM card

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• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    SD cards lack durability in my experience.

    Hopefully a reason for producing this alternative is improved durability.

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• mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So… an SD card?

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  • altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No no, a Sim card! Wow!

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  • MML@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Is there a difference, besides SSDs tending to be plugged-in all the time? Maybe better firmware?

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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• lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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?

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• bigboismith@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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• SpikesOtherDog@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Holy shit, the fever is well controlled!

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