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mSATA reliability at high temperature

Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 9:56 pm
by irads
A reported issue with mSATA in fitlet is high temperature during operation.
This article may be worth reading.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9248/the- ... -retention
The Truth About SSD Data Retention
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For active use the temperature has the opposite effect. Because higher temperature makes the silicon more conductive, the flow of current is higher during program/erase operation and causes less stress on the tunnel oxide, improving the endurance of the cell because endurance is practically limited by tunnel oxide's ability to hold the electrons inside the floating gate.