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Re:We Test PCIe 4.0 Storage: The AnandTech 2021 SSD Benchmar... by freeqaz on Monday February 01, 2021 @09:18PM (#25996764)
It depends. Because NAND flash storage relies on electron tunneling, you actually need high temps for the mechanism to work well. Too much cooling and you'd be increasing the wear levels prematurely.

Not sure if this thing is smart enough to know when to kick the fans on and when to keep the temps "high". That is something worth noting though.

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Re:We Test PCIe 4.0 Storage: The AnandTech 2021 SSD Benchmar... by rasz on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @02:57AM (#25998357)
There was even technology announced for self healing NAND flash - drives that could cook itself to 800C to heal worn out cells. Never materialized tho :(

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/142096-self-healing-se...

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/12/02/2222235/self-he...

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7524803

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Re:We Test PCIe 4.0 Storage: The AnandTech 2021 SSD Benchmar... by devwastaken on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @06:37AM (#25999810)
https://www.eeweb.com/industrial-temperature-and-nand-flash-...

I found this here that says lower temperatures are better for storage but higher temperatures are better for writes. I'm not sure how accurate that all is though

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Re:We Test PCIe 4.0 Storage: The AnandTech 2021 SSD Benchmar... by x86_64Ubuntu on Monday February 01, 2021 @10:32PM (#25997176)
Wait! There is commodity hardware that relies on electron tunneling?!
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Re:We Test PCIe 4.0 Storage: The AnandTech 2021 SSD Benchmar... by LeifCarrotson on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @12:42AM (#25997786)
Yep. Welcome to the future!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_electron_emission#Fowler...

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Re:We Test PCIe 4.0 Storage: The AnandTech 2021 SSD Benchmar... by freeqaz on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @02:28AM (#25998221)
Slightly more specific: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory?wprov=sfti1

Go to "Writing and erasing". It links to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_injection?wprov=sfti1

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