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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
Dumb question, but I thought SSD drives were basic flash storage, too, just configured differently.
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Well, apart from advanced controllers that can handle more complex wear leveling and caching, NAND flash chips used in SSDs also tend to be more cherry picked compared to ones used in flash drives and SD cards.
For example, when Samsung first released TLC NAND based SSDs, they were rated for ~1000 P/E cycles and stress testing showed actual endurance of ~3000 P/E cycles. Meanwhile, you'd likely only get 500-1000 P/E cycles on TLC NAND flash drives.