So, it we strapped SDUC cards to the legs of pigeons, would IP-over-Avian beat out a station wagon full of 3.5" harddrives for inter-city file transfers?
If we talking about microSDUC cards and capacities beyond ~1 TB then hard drives should be handily beaten in capacity density. As for speed of delivery, sparrows, cats, dogs, ravens (the GoT way), various rodents or even bees and wasps could be employed along with pigeons. They all have a much smaller carbon footprint and cost, though training some of them might be a bit of a bitch. I would just like to be in the same room when someone pitched that plan to potential investors..
So still no word about IOPS I see.. I wonder if that's because the IOPS are expected to be very low (I have noticed that when IOPS are crappy SSD vendors usually "forget" to mention them) or because they're still a work in progress.
IO might be great compared to drive volume, or compared to power used - considering those are tiny compared to SSDs (both in volume and power), I expect the IOPS to reflect that discrepancy.
"Of course, it is going to take quite some time before SD Express takes off as a widespread standard, yet, transition of SD cards to PCIe looks inevitable." What standard where speed is relevant is not moving to PCIe? lol. Until we get something new in silicone from Intel or AMD it's going to stay this way for ~a decade imo. I assume eventually everything will move to a future tech that acts like ethernet and anything else that can't be done over the network will be moved into the system package on the main die. Regardless I will put money on using a screw driver to turn on our future during testing for years to come :)
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phoenix_rizzen - Friday, June 14, 2019 - link
So, it we strapped SDUC cards to the legs of pigeons, would IP-over-Avian beat out a station wagon full of 3.5" harddrives for inter-city file transfers?PixyMisa - Friday, June 14, 2019 - link
Maybe if we strapped JATO units to the pigeons.ballsystemlord - Friday, June 14, 2019 - link
It depends on the amount of stop lights... :DAlso, you might get in trouble for animal abuse. :D
Santoval - Saturday, June 15, 2019 - link
If we talking about microSDUC cards and capacities beyond ~1 TB then hard drives should be handily beaten in capacity density. As for speed of delivery, sparrows, cats, dogs, ravens (the GoT way), various rodents or even bees and wasps could be employed along with pigeons. They all have a much smaller carbon footprint and cost, though training some of them might be a bit of a bitch.I would just like to be in the same room when someone pitched that plan to potential investors..
eastcoast_pete - Saturday, June 15, 2019 - link
Might give the "drive crapped out" a new meaning!surt - Sunday, June 16, 2019 - link
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So still no word about IOPS I see.. I wonder if that's because the IOPS are expected to be very low (I have noticed that when IOPS are crappy SSD vendors usually "forget" to mention them) or because they're still a work in progress.PixyMisa - Saturday, June 15, 2019 - link
These are the controller chips, and IOPS will depend largely on the choice of flash. Random IO is never going to be great on these cards though.Calin - Sunday, June 16, 2019 - link
IO might be great compared to drive volume, or compared to power used - considering those are tiny compared to SSDs (both in volume and power), I expect the IOPS to reflect that discrepancy.Lolimaster - Monday, June 17, 2019 - link
That's why if you want an mSD for gaming or some apps its better to buy the A2 class models.Skeptical123 - Tuesday, June 18, 2019 - link
"Of course, it is going to take quite some time before SD Express takes off as a widespread standard, yet, transition of SD cards to PCIe looks inevitable." What standard where speed is relevant is not moving to PCIe? lol. Until we get something new in silicone from Intel or AMD it's going to stay this way for ~a decade imo. I assume eventually everything will move to a future tech that acts like ethernet and anything else that can't be done over the network will be moved into the system package on the main die. Regardless I will put money on using a screw driver to turn on our future during testing for years to come :)