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An HDD is a storage device that records data magnetically on spinning platters read by moving heads, offering cheap capacity at mechanical speeds.
NAND flash is non-volatile memory that stores data as trapped charge in dense cell strings, forming the storage medium of SSDs, phones and memory cards.
NVMe is the storage protocol that lets SSDs talk to the processor directly over PCIe, using many deep queues for high throughput and low latency.
QLC is quad-level cell NAND flash that stores four bits per cell, giving SSDs high capacity at low cost in exchange for lower endurance and write…
SATA is the serial interface that connects hard drives, SSDs and optical drives to a computer, with a ceiling of 6 Gbit/s per port.
An SSD, or solid-state drive, is a storage device that keeps data in NAND flash memory, with no moving parts, for far faster access than a…
TLC, or triple-level cell, is a NAND flash design that stores three bits per memory cell and is the most common choice in consumer SSDs.