lemmington_steele@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhy do SSDs have a more limited number of times data can be written to them, but RAM memory can handle loads of re-writes?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up159arrow-down1message-squareWhy do SSDs have a more limited number of times data can be written to them, but RAM memory can handle loads of re-writes?lemmington_steele@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregrahamsz@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoYes - it’s been the job of the DRAM controller for almost the entire history of computing. But that’s still a part of the computer and if it stops working then your RAM will go blank in a fraction of a second
Yes - it’s been the job of the DRAM controller for almost the entire history of computing. But that’s still a part of the computer and if it stops working then your RAM will go blank in a fraction of a second