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Re:Why I'm usually unnerved when modern SSDs die on us by userbinator on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @08:52PM (#18660724)
The exact wear mechanism doesn't really matter (you must be referring to "hot carrier injection") --- the point is that to record data, electrons are being forced through a material which gradually wears it out.
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Re:Why I'm usually unnerved when modern SSDs die on us by 0db532a0 on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @04:36AM (#18662544)
That was also my point. I was just pointing out that the idea that electrons shoot through the insulation to end up in the floating gate was not true.
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