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The SSDs of the future will be so fast, they might need active fans
PCWorld
|May 2022
An SSD manufacturer says we’re hitting a wall in terms of speed and heat management.
In just a few years, new computer users won’t be able to remember the days when data was stored on spinning magnetic disks. The conventional hard drive will be about as relevant as an 8-track outside of mass storage. But the march of progress does require some unexpected adaptations, and newer and ever-faster solid-state drives (fave.co/2Z26gQg) might need a little extra help to hit those speeds. According to a blog post from SSD controller manufacturer Phison (fave. co/3xxf4wB), that help will come in the form of active cooling.
This story is from the May 2022 edition of PCWorld.
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