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by thijsvandien 1682 days ago
SSDs are essentially just some chips (controller, flash memory, and often some DRAM cache) wired together, whereas mechanical drives have many moving parts operating within microscopic tolerances.
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For SSDs the hard part is the controller and NAND and there are only a half-dozen companies making those parts. 90% of SSD brands are the same Phison controllers under the hood.