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sdifox

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SD card != onboard flash memory.

The two are drastically different in performance.

I'm not even sure if an SD card could run the OS without some major lag.

UHS-II is capable of 156 or 312 MBps. Plenty fast.
 
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mnewsham

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UHS-II is capable if 156 or 312 MBps. Plenty fast.

at $65 for 16GB that's more than internal NAND would cost, no thanks.


Also, i would love to see the IOPS on that type of memory.
http://www.thessdreview.com/featured/sandisk-extreme-pro-uhs-ii-memory-card-review-16-gb/

Looking that review IOPS are not all that high. Around 2k in best circumstances, and far lower in most instances.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7790/...-2014-finally-a-good-emmc-solution-for-mobile

eMMCv5 has much better IOPS and comparable read/write speeds.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7696/toshiba-and-qualcomm-set-to-introduce-ufs-20-solutions-in-2014

So UFS 2.0 should be set to take over from eMMC in the future, but IOPS performance is still a concern there and it cant match eMMCv5 yet.




tldr; way too expensive to get good performing memory in that form factor right now.
 
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norseamd

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Guess it was the Aurora ship that I was piloting.

I had so much trouble I just stopped playing and I did not come back until my demo expired. Using the keyboard was hard to control the craft and the laser guns were so short ranged that the AI had a distinct advantage. I might need a joystick if I want to play this game.
 

sdifox

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at $65 for 16GB that's more than internal NAND would cost, no thanks.


Also, i would love to see the IOPS on that type of memory.
http://www.thessdreview.com/featured/sandisk-extreme-pro-uhs-ii-memory-card-review-16-gb/

Looking that review IOPS are not all that high. Around 2k in best circumstances, and far lower in most instances.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7790/...-2014-finally-a-good-emmc-solution-for-mobile

eMMCv5 has much better IOPS and comparable read/write speeds.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7696/toshiba-and-qualcomm-set-to-introduce-ufs-20-solutions-in-2014

So UFS 2.0 should be set to take over from eMMC in the future, but IOPS performance is still a concern there and it cant match eMMCv5 yet.




tldr; way too expensive to get good performing memory in that form factor right now.


This just in. New tech is expensive. More at seven.
 

mnewsham

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This just in. New tech is expensive. More at seven.
Yes...let's pay more for no benefit because we can... let's just wait until the tech matures and costs come down? No reason to install an OS onto removable memory really anyway especially as costs are prohibitive compared to internal flash. o_O

New tech will obviously cost more but in this case it costs more simply because it's removable, not any better in performance which should be the main concern for the OS drive, no?
 
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norseamd

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Can you make smartphones with removable internal storage like you can do with hard drives in laptops and desktops?
 

sdifox

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Yes...let's pay more for no benefit because we can... let's just wait until the tech matures and costs come down? No reason to install an OS onto removable memory really anyway especially as costs are prohibitive compared to internal flash. o_O

New tech will obviously cost more but in this case it costs more simply because it's removable, not any better in performance which should be the main concern for the OS drive, no?
pretty sure I didn't say anything about installing os on removable storage...
 

MongGrel

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ARC LIGHT NEF

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mnewsham

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pretty sure I didn't say anything about installing os on removable storage...

see

Red Squirrel said:
They should have two SD slots, one for the OS/data and one for extra data. Ship it with a 16GB SD card and let the user put something bigger if they want! But no instead they can just make different "editions" and charge more.

you replied to my reply about SD cards being used for OS/Data, so no you didn't mention anything about installing it to the OS, but considering that's what my reply was about, I figured maybe you were following the conversation even a little bit, obviously I was mistaken.

I can't help that you're a bit dim when it comes to these things.
 

sdifox

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see



you replied to my reply about SD cards being used for OS/Data, so no you didn't mention anything about installing it to the OS, but considering that's what my reply was about, I figured maybe you were following the conversation even a little bit, obviously I was mistaken.

I can't help that you're a bit dim when it comes to these things.

I said new SD card is plenty fast... you were the one going for expensive and what have you nots. who is the dunce here?
 

sdifox

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UHS-2 is plenty fast, UHS-2 is not cheap is what i was saying. Normal SD cards are fairly slow.

UHS-1 is pretty fast as well. It can do 50MB/s write with ECC and there is also UHS104 which is capable of 104MB/s. Again, plenty fast.

I can shoot 1080p on the UHS-1 card I have without problems.