Why U disk so welcomed by the people it?

"Thumb drive" isthe flash memory into the most obvious reflection of everyday life, in fact, until early in the U disk, flash memory has appeared in many electronic products.

 

The traditional way is to use RAM to store data in volatile memory, battery power of the flash memory card lost data is lost. Flash-based products, to overcome this problems, making data storage more reliable. In addition to flash drives, flash memory has also been used in the computer BIOS, PDA, digital camera, voice recorder, mobile phones, digital televisions, game consoles and other electronic products.

 

Dating back to 1998, the USB market. Interface developed by the USB1.0 to 2.0, the speed gradually increased. The prevalence of U disk USB interface, but also indirectly contributed to the promotion. Why U disk so welcomed by the people it?

 

Flash drive can be used to exchange data between computers. From the capacity of speaking, flash disk capacity from 16MB to 2GB optional 1.44MB floppy drive broke through the limitations. Speaking from the read and write speed, USB interface, use flash drive, read and write speeds much higher than the floppy disk. From the stability perspective, read and write flash drive without mechanical devices, removable hard disk is easy to avoid the bumps, falls and other causes of damage. Part of the style flash drive with encryption and other functions, so users more personalized. Compact flash drive and easier to carry. And the use of hot-swappable USB interface, easy to use.

 

At present, the flash moving large capacity, low power, low-cost direction. Compared with traditional hard drives, flash memory, read and write speed is high, lower power consumption, currently on the market there have been flash drive, which is the SSD hard drive, the current cost of the hard drive for further improvement. With the improvement of manufacturing processes, cost reduction, flash memory will be more in daily life.