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Old 03-27-2014, 11:28 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by Jinz View Post
General considerations for SD cards are the type of memory used (MLC, SLC, TLC) which will limit the number of write cycles. MLC is most expensive and best. The other thing to check in the data sheet is whether the card does internal ECC error correction. Apart from that the consumer warranty service may also matter
Actually, Single Level Cell (SLC) is most expensive and best followed by Multi-Level Cell (MLC) then Tri-Level Cell (TLC or 3-bit MLC as Samsung puts it). That said, I reckon majority of flash drives and storage (bar SSD's) for the past 3 years or so (likely longer) use TLC.
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