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Short answer: writes, yes. Long answer is long and I'm most certainly not an expert. It's just a consequence of how NAND memory works. You can read more about
by fredoliveira 16y ago
Short answer: writes, yes.
Long answer is long and I'm most certainly not an expert. It's just a consequence of how NAND memory works. You can read more about this in the links below (one is to a review of a particular ssd drive, but a couple of sections explain how SSD works in great detail):
(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Memory_wear http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Memory_wear
(2) http://www.anandtech.com/show/2614/3 http://www.anandtech.com/show/2614/3
- randallsquared 16y agoSomeone else pointed out that other flash devices just become unwritable when they "fail" due to writes, rather than suddenly becoming bricks. I'm skeptical that this is the same thing.