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Old 02-04-2012, 04:52 PM   #12
Aydan
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Originally Posted by frostschutz View Post
That's where it doesn't come in, because it's not there. Wear leveling is something that SSD controllers do. It's a technology specific to SSD only. Regular flash media (embedded devices, phones, SD cards, etc.) do not do wear leveling of any kind.
Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Memory_wear and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_leveling
I'd say all modern flash devices have a wear leveling capable controller.
Be it USB sticks, SD-cards or phones.
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