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Why do SSDs have a more limited number of times data can be written to them, but RAM memory can handle loads of re-writes? (self.explainlikeimfive)
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In a similar vein, why can we not use the technology of RAM to prolong the life-cycle of an SSD?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From what i've read it's temperature dependent, and at room temp some dram cells might take as long as 10 seconds to decay. The 64mS refresh is a super conservative call because it's really bad when random bits go missing out of memory. The decay is faster at high temperatures, but some dram controllers might actually adjust based on temperature.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

it is temperature dependent, if you change this refresh timing in the BIOS to the tightest possible value at a given temperature, you can easily make your PC crash by heating the RAM up a bit (for example by removing a fan)