SSD on Karpoke - Just Another Bloghttp://karpoke.ignaciocano.com/tags/ssd/Recent content in SSD on Karpoke - Just Another BlogHugo -- 0.159.0esSat, 24 May 2014 16:08:00 +0100SSD breakthrough means 300% speed boost, 60% less power usage... even on old driveshttp://karpoke.ignaciocano.com/2014/05/24/ssd-breakthrough-means-300-speed-boost-60-less-power-usage-even-on-old-drives/Sat, 24 May 2014 16:08:00 +0100http://karpoke.ignaciocano.com/2014/05/24/ssd-breakthrough-means-300-speed-boost-60-less-power-usage-even-on-old-drives/<blockquote> <p>A breakthrough has been made in SSD technology that could mean drastic performance increases due to the overcoming of one of the major issues in the memory type. Currently, data cannot be directly overwritten onto the NAND chips used in the devices. Files must be written to a clean area of the drive whilst the old area is formatted. This eventually causes fragmented data and lowers the drive’s life and performance over time.</p>