Scott VE3QBZ@scott@mastodon.clitheroe.ca
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca @EdwinG@mstdn.moimeme.ca @alberniweather@socialbc.ca Nooooo, it's much worse lol.
SSD's work essentially by "trapping" tiny bits of charge in a semiconducting structure - each bit of data is literally a bunch of electrons trapped in a semiconductor.
The problem is when they are left unpowered, those electrons can start to escape their holding cells, not unlike helium escaping the balloon it is contained in.
How long? Could be six months, could be years. But it's not a suitable archival media as a result.
Scott VE3QBZ@scott@mastodon.clitheroe.ca
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca @EdwinG@mstdn.moimeme.ca @alberniweather@socialbc.ca Sorry if this was explained in the vid/article linked above - I didn't see all the replies until after I'd replied myself.