How Much Do You Know About Flash Drive Chip?

There are three kinds for the flash drive chip: SLC, MLC, and TLC. What are their meaning and differences? Below a simple explanation for you:

①  SLC = Single-Level Cell,  also called 1bit/cell, the features of it are fast speed and long life,  about 100,000 erasing and writing life.  But it is super expensive (about 3 times the price of MLC). Mainly used by Samsung, Hynix, Micron, Toshiba, etc.

② MLC = Multi-Level Cell, that is 2bit/cell, the features of it are average speed and average life, about 3000---10000 erasing and writing life. Also, the price of it is average. Intel (Intel) first developed MLC in September 1997, mainly used by Toshiba, Renesas, and Samsung, etc.

③ TLC = Triple-Level Cell, which is 3bit/cell, some flash manufacturers also call it 8LC. It is slow in speed, short in lifespan, and low in price. It has a lifespan of about 500 erasing and writing. No manufacturer can achieve 1000 times at present. Due to poor performance, it can only be used on low-end NAND Flash related products, such as low-speed flash memory cards, small memory cards microSD or pen drives, etc.

So if you don't know it before, from now on, you may can make a simple distinction.