schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoThis USB flash drive can only store 8KB of data, but will last you 200 yearswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down111
arrow-up1201arrow-down1external-linkThis USB flash drive can only store 8KB of data, but will last you 200 yearswww.tomshardware.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareskilltheamps@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up19·7 months agoAnd the firmware inside that rp2040 is stored on plain old flash memory. So while the data may still be on the memory chip, the controller chip dies at just the same pace than every other usb drive - and then you can’t access it.
And the firmware inside that rp2040 is stored on plain old flash memory. So while the data may still be on the memory chip, the controller chip dies at just the same pace than every other usb drive - and then you can’t access it.