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The datasheets for the early flash memories (SLC) were easily available and loudly proclaimed 100K or even 1M cycles of endurance and 10-20 years of retention.
by userbinator 2y ago
The datasheets for the early flash memories (SLC) were easily available and loudly proclaimed 100K or even 1M cycles of endurance and 10-20 years of retention. Now they're very difficult to obtain and are rated for only a few hundred cycles and a few months of retention. No wonder they're secretive about it.
- bayindirh 2y agoTrue. I still remember Corsair’s words about original Flash Voyager GT 16GB: “We had to change our flash controller, but the performance is the same. Same 100K write SLC flash, same speed, same endurance, same Flash Voyager” (paraphrase mine). I still have that drive and it has a small file write performance which can rival a low level SSD despite being a USB 2.0 drive. Seriously, no kidding.