Solid State Drive

Question 1

Why are SSD’s not affected by magnetic fields?

Answer 1

Because they have no moving parts and don’t rely on magnetic properties

Question 2

Name 3 main benefits of SSD’s compared to HDD’S

Answer 2

[]they are more reliable, being less susceptible to shock and damage as they have no moving parts
[]they are considerably lighter (which makes them suitable tor laptops, tablets and other
modern devices)
[]they have faster access times than HDDs because they don’t have to wait for the head to
move and for the drive to spin
[]they have lower power consumption
[]they run much cooler than HDDs (both these points also make them very suitable for laptop computers)
[]because they have no moving parts, they can be very thin.

Question 3

Give examples of some devices solid state technology is used in?

Answer 3

Memory sticks and memory drives and internal solid state

Question 4

What are the key features in such devices like memory cards and memory sticks which need to be portable?

Answer 4

Small-size non-volatile memory and reliability and have minimum drain on internal batteries