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Re:Toshiba Introduces New Tiny NVMe SSD Form Factor by astrodust on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @01:04PM (#20636613)
If DDR memory had screws I'm not sure we'd be happier. We'd be bitching all the time about the freaking tiny screws that kept getting lost in the case.

I can't think of another standard made so deliberately difficult to install. A distant second is the 6/8 conductor PCIe power connectors that are a giant pain to use. Why couldn't they just force 8 for everyone and be done with it? Instead we have these crappy split connectors.

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Re:Toshiba Introduces New Tiny NVMe SSD Form Factor by diamondo25 on Thursday August 08, 2019 @02:07PM (#20646968)
I think it was made due to laptops. Everything has to be flat. Using clips like on DDR wouldnt really "fit" as then youd have a waste of space, and DDR is a generic component nowdays. The other option is to use PCI-E cards, of course.
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Re:Toshiba Introduces New Tiny NVMe SSD Form Factor by astrodust on Thursday August 08, 2019 @02:28PM (#20647177)
Make a screw-sized clip. Done.
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