lemmington_steele@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoWhy do SSDs have a more limited number of times data can be written to them, but RAM memory can handle loads of re-writes?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1180arrow-down1message-squareWhy do SSDs have a more limited number of times data can be written to them, but RAM memory can handle loads of re-writes?lemmington_steele@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoNote that when you freeze the RAM a lot, it will hold the data for up to seconds (if I remember correctly). This is used in hacking - you can get the contents of the RAM after the computer has been shutdown.
Note that when you freeze the RAM a lot, it will hold the data for up to seconds (if I remember correctly). This is used in hacking - you can get the contents of the RAM after the computer has been shutdown.