Q. What is SSD?

A solid-state drive (SSD) functions like a hard disk drive (HDD), it uses flash memory instead of spinning disk to store data. With no moving parts, SSD are inherently less fragile than harddisks and therefore also silent; as there are no mechanical delays, they enjoy low access time and latency. For details, please refer to our page on SDD vs HDD.

Q. How do I use a SSD?

Like a traditional hard disk drive, it can be installed into computer as usual and then formated and installed with operating system like Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OSX and others.

Q. What is MLC and SLC?

SSD comes in either MLC or SLC flash memory. Single-level cell (SLC) flash memory stores one bit of data in each cell. SLC memory has the advantage of faster transfer speeds, lower power consumption and higher cell endurance. However, as it stores less data per cell, it costs more per gigabyte of storage to manufacture.

Multi-level cell (MLC) flash memory stores three or more bits in each cell, with the "multi-level" referring to the multiple levels of electrical charge used to store multiple bits per cell. By storing more bits per cell, multi-level cell memory will achieve lower manufacturing costs, but they have slower transfer speeds, higher power consumption and lower cell endurance than single-level cell memory.