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-square34fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1141arrow-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-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregrahamsz@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSome very early systems did do it at kernel level, but yeah you are correct. Though I’d also consider the dram chips to be part of the computer and DRAM refresh makes up a good part of your phones battery consumption at standby.
Some very early systems did do it at kernel level, but yeah you are correct. Though I’d also consider the dram chips to be part of the computer and DRAM refresh makes up a good part of your phones battery consumption at standby.