The DRAM holds the FTL mappings and metadata for this process, making it crucial for SSD operation. However, as SSD capacities increase, the cost of DRAM becomes a larger portion of the overall ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 16, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems ...

FTL figures out how to erase unused blocks of memory when the SSD isn’t doing anything else. SSD devices wear out faster if the same blocks are written and rewritten, so FTL balances the write ...

Given proprietary Flash Translation Layers (FTL), there's no easy way to understand SSD behavior without testing. In Understanding the Robustness of SSDs under Power Fault (PDF), ...

The researchers conclude by suggesting several techniques through which the SSD FTL could be modified to take account of the need for security. Macworld is your best source for all things Apple.

We've brought in the leading 2TB options from our lab and they all feature DRAM for the flash translation layer. The P200 isn't the first 2TB DRAMless SATA SSD, but it's one of the first to become ...

Flash drive controllers virtualize the flash capacity through the flash translation layer (FTL). ... File system deletes left anywhere from 4 to 91% of a file on an SSD.

This takes place in the flash translation layer, which is a map of where data is stored on the SSD. The FTL can allocate data, telling a TLC cell to hold only 1-bit instead of three to increase ...

The new method for preventing data fragmentation on SSDs is called “LBA (logical block address) scrambler”, and it works by placing the aforementioned LBA in between the file system and the ...

Since garbage collection has a direct impact on the performance of an SSD, mitigating it works in the favor of ZNS SSDs. Fig. 2: Data placement in traditional block storage SSD vs zoned namespace SSD.