[gentoo-user] Re: SDD, what features to look for and what to avoid.

[Grant Edwards]

On 2020-03-17, Andrea Conti <alyf@××××.net> wrote:

> "NAND flash" (as opposed to "NOR flash") refers to the way memory cells
> are organized and connected. See for example
> https://www.embedded.com/flash-101-nand-flash-vs-nor-flash/
>
> AFAIK all SSDs use some variant of NAND flash.

Correct.  NOR flash density is far lower than NAND flash.  NOR is only
used for small applications (e.g. BIOS, small embedded systems).
Anytime you see sizes quoted in 'Gb' rather than 'Mb', you're
certainly talking about NAND.

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Grant