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SSDs or Solid State Drives are the storage in tablets like the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy. SSDs use NAND flash, but fast NAND flash.
- The NAND in SSDs is faster and
- NAND in SSDs has to be able to handle more read and write cycles than NAND used in USB Flash Drives or SD Cards. This is because the SSD is constantly accessed for data or drivers or OS functions.
SSDs come in different forms. For this discussion, we will focus on SSDs using NAND. for tablets, ultrabooks, and laptops.