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<blockquote data-quote="RavingMac" data-source="post: 1297802" data-attributes="member: 45350"><p>The capacity is limited because SSDs are still relatively new and expensive.</p><p></p><p>The speed advantage is due to the fundamental design differences. In any process (and data storage and transfer is a process) the slowest step is the bottle-neck. In this case for ATA and SATA drives it is the electro-mechanical interface between the spinning disk platters and the heads.</p><p>In an SSD (solid state drive) this interface is missing and data transfer speeds are limited only by the electronic interface.</p><p></p><p>All of the above is a simplification, but I hope it helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RavingMac, post: 1297802, member: 45350"] The capacity is limited because SSDs are still relatively new and expensive. The speed advantage is due to the fundamental design differences. In any process (and data storage and transfer is a process) the slowest step is the bottle-neck. In this case for ATA and SATA drives it is the electro-mechanical interface between the spinning disk platters and the heads. In an SSD (solid state drive) this interface is missing and data transfer speeds are limited only by the electronic interface. All of the above is a simplification, but I hope it helps. [/QUOTE]
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