Some of my friends do ask me about the lifespan of a flash drive because they know that.... I'm an electronic engineer. Frankly speaking, I do not know much on flash... :P
Here is the explanation taken from NYTimes.com... Hope it help to clear your doubt..
The memory cells used in flash drives do eventually wear out, but this is typically caused by the number of times data is written to the memory - as opposed to the physical age of the drive itself.
Depending on the type and manufacturer's specifications, a flash drive may have 10,000 to a million data write cycles before it begins giving error messages when you try to use it. The amount of time a flash drive works also varies with the physical condition of the device. Many suffer a shortened lifespan because of trips through the washing machine, accidents underfoot or unfortunate encounters with house-hold pets. With proper care, a flash drive could last years!! But if you start to get a lot of error messages when you try to use it or it seems noticeably slow, it is probably time to move all the data off that drive and back to the computer or to a new flash drive.
For more details.. you can read on this page. :D
From Roey^^
Got bluepiano shaped pendrive bo? ^^V
ReplyDeleteHaha.. not sure lo.. :D
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