submitted 10 months ago by UltraBlack@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Can anyone explain the purpose of a 32 gig NVMe SSD? I think it's quite an apple thing to install such a stupidly tiny drive into a computer, but on the other hand it doesn't seem right. This can't be a system drive can it? But what else could it be? This is like an impractical, high-speed USB drive that requires disassembly of the computer to remove...

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[-] UltraBlack@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

so it's pretty much like SSHDs nowadays, or like read caching?

[-] key@lemmy.keychat.org 3 points 10 months ago

Pretty much the same, software solution VS hardware one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_drive#Types

[-] wikibot@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Here's the section for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

There are two main "hybrid" storage technologies that combine NAND flash memory or SSDs, with the HDD technology: dual-drive hybrid systems and solid-state hybrid drives.

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