One thing that puzzles me about data storage, is how slow the average USB thumb drive is. When you consider that thumb drives and SSDs use the same solid-state technology, why are so many thumb drives ...

The popularity of USB flash drives was undeniable a decade ago, but they’ve somewhat fallen out of fashion in favor of much faster external SSDs. However, now that SSD prices are creeping up and ...

USB sticks, thumb drives, and tiny portable storage devices that can fit on a keychain and move more quickly from device to device have been staples for what feels like decades. These storage devices ...

So I get some of the basic differences between a USB flash drive's controller and an SSD controller, like mentioned here https://superuser.com/questions/919...l ...

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