If phone storage devices can be made so small, why are we still using 2280 sized SSDs for computers?
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There are more form factors than the 2280, some being quite a bit smaller.
Computer SSDs are different than what’s soldered onto your phone’s motherboard though. There’s more to an SSD than just its storage chip, which *is* very small. There’s additional storage *and* memory on there for caching data for faster read/write operations, they might have separate storage chips for frequently accessed data, they have extra controllers to manage the storage and the IO, etc. It’s a more complex unit that also happens to be shipped on a PCB that follows certain standardized dimensions. And those standaradized dimensions happen to have to be large enough for a modular device that’s supposed to be handled by bare hands and no tool more complex than a simple philips screwdriver.
The storage on your phone is *much* simpler in comparison. It’s smaller, but it’s gonna lack certain features and it’ll also be slower.
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