Explaining SSDs: The Price/Performance Trade-off

SSD update video focusing on SSD technologies, life expectancy, SLC cache, and DRAM vs DRAM-less SSDs. Or in other words, this video is about why some SSDs cost more than others, and the performance implications of getting a lower-cost drive.

For information on SSD form-factors and interfaces, please see my previous video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXLfErPEYiw

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:02 SSD Technologies
08:14 SLC Cache
11:48 DRAM-Less SSDs
13:39 Wrap

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