22 Dec
2012
22 Dec
'12
9:43 a.m.
On 12/22/2012 01:04 AM, Jochen Kunz wrote:
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:44:42 -0800
Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
That is VERY true. Consumer-level stuff seems to be "maximum bits/Hz
for the money, reliability be damned". Anyone who has any doubts should
price SLC media against MLC/TLC stuff. Of course, the public isn't
taught much about this at all.
--Chuck
A useful comparison between SLC and MLC flash:
It gets even worse with TLC flash. This is getting increasingly common
in Micro-SD cards and miniature USB drives. We are down to 1000 write
cycles and a data retention time of 6 months. Flash media is getting as
unreliable and thus unusable as late 90s 3.5" floppies... :-(