Flash memory
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Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. The two main types of flash memory, NOR flash and NAND flash, are named for
A disassembled USB flash drive in 2005. The chip on the left is flash memory. The Silicon Motion controller is on the right.
NOR flash by Intel
Serial Flash: Silicon Storage Tech SST25VF080B
An Intel mSATA SSD in 2020
Solid-state drive
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A solid-state drive is a type of solid-state storage device that uses integrated circuits to store data persistently. It is sometimes called semiconductor storage device, solid-state device, or solid-
Flash memory
…holding many flash memory cells), along with a separate flash memory controller chip. The NAND type is found mainly in memory cards, USB flash drives, solid-state drives (those produced since 2009), feature phones, smartphones, and similar products, for general storage and transfer of data. NAND or NOR flash memory is…
A SanDisk 256GB PC SN7100s 256GB NVMe Solid-state drive
A Mushkin Atlas 240GB mSATA Solid-state drive
A Kingston NV2 2TB NVMe Solid-state drive
A 2230 NVMe Gen4 Solid-state drive with its sticker removed to show the NAND and NAND controller (KIOXIA BG6)