Depends on the vendor. More of it has to do with ECC and wear-levelling which is performed in the controller design. Also, much of the SD and CF you see uses MLC based NAND flash which is rated to less write/erase cycles than SLC (100,000 vs. 10,000).
The CF and SD markets are also much more price competitive, so they don't pay much attention to reliability and performance. The SSD vendors charge a premium and "should" be delivering products that are worth that difference. The price is still coming down however vs. capacity.
SLC! I was trying to remember that for the longest time. Anyone know where I can pick up an SLC USB flash drive or know of any drives that use SLC? I hear the ironkey does but I just want a fast reliable one. Kinda off subject sorry.
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What does an SSD do that SD or CF doesn't that makes them so prone to failure?
Depends on the vendor. More of it has to do with ECC and wear-levelling which is performed in the controller design. Also, much of the SD and CF you see uses MLC based NAND flash which is rated to less write/erase cycles than SLC (100,000 vs. 10,000).
The CF and SD markets are also much more price competitive, so they don't pay much attention to reliability and performance. The SSD vendors charge a premium and "should" be delivering products that are worth that difference. The price is still coming down however vs. capacity.
SLC! I was trying to remember that for the longest time. Anyone know where I can pick up an SLC USB flash drive or know of any drives that use SLC? I hear the ironkey does but I just want a fast reliable one. Kinda off subject sorry.