COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL STORAGE DEVICES
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Too Expensive
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Too Slow
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Very Fragile
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Not reliable
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Detailed explanation-1: -SSDs use NAND flash chips, and those used in computers typically use higher quality chips, which are more expensive than those used in USB flash drives and SD cards. The assembly of SSDs is also more complex; for example, the drive’s controller and firmware must be carefully integrated.
Detailed explanation-2: -While retail 3D NAND per-bit prices are already low, Trendfocus anticipates flash memory makers to offer nearly 40% to 50% per-bit price declines by mid-2023, which will further reduce costs of SSDs as well as their retail prices.
Detailed explanation-3: -The cause of these price drops is a sluggish economy in the hard drive space. As TechRadar Pro reported last week, sales for SSDs and HDDs are down across the board.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ironically, the solid state of the drive that makes it so durable is also the reason it degrades. SSDs degrade over time as the cells inside them fail or become less reliable over time. So while an SSD can withstand much more physical damage than an HDD, eventually it will fail from cell degrading.