Why are there 1TB micro SD cards that are the size fingernail and most 1TB hard drives are bigger than my hand?
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You must have tiny hands – Modern Solid State drives use the M.2 standard, and are 2cm across, 6cm long and about .4cm thick. And they are that size because that is what the standard is. Companies that want even more compact devices use standards that are smaller still.
SATA SSDs are their size, again, because that is the standard. If yuo were to break open a SATA SSD, you’d find that the circuitry doesn’t take up much of that case.
It is only old school mechanical drives that are about the size of your hand. And these are that size because they spinning platters are abut 7cm across.
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