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Why do SSDs have a more limited number of times data can be written to them, but RAM memory can handle loads of re-writes? (lemmy.world)
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In a similar vein, why can we not use the technology of RAM to prolong the life-cycle of an SSD?

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[โ€“] julianh@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't the ram do that itself? Otherwise reading/writing all that data would waste tons of time for the CPU.

[โ€“] grahamsz@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

Yes - it's been the job of the DRAM controller for almost the entire history of computing. But that's still a part of the computer and if it stops working then your RAM will go blank in a fraction of a second