solid-state drive
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A solid-state drive is a storage device made from semiconductor materials that stores your data without any moving parts, unlike traditional hard drives. It matters because it provides a faster and more reliable way to store files and programs on computers and other devices.
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A Mushkin Atlas 240GB mSATA Solid-state drive A 2230 NVMe Gen4 Solid-state drive with its sticker removed to show the NAND and NAND controller (KIOXIA BG6) Inside of a 2.5-inch Serial ATA solid-state drive with its sticker removed to show the NAND and NAND controller (Patriot P210 2TB)
A solid-state drive (SSD) is a type of solid-state storage device that uses integrated circuits to store data persistently. It is sometimes called semiconductor storage device, solid-state device, or solid-state disk. Etymologically, "solid-state drive" partly refers to existing data storage devices like tape drives and hard disk drives, which all used a mechanically driven storage medium.