Lexar unveils the world's first SD cards made of 316 stainless steel

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• empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Uniroincally a good idea. I can see these really helping to increase the chances of memory survival in camera applications where the camera has a high chance of being physically destroyed. Also a metal body reallllly helps conduct heat out of the flash, which will increase their lifespan in continuous-write applications.

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  • Voyajer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Stainless is extra bad at conducting heat considering it’s a metal, but it’s still way better than plastic. I hope they make an aluminum version at some point.

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    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, stainless is “bad”, compared to other metals. But like you also mentioned, it’s loads better than plastic.

      I’d doubt they make an aluminum one, it’s probably not worth the tooling.

      When dealing with only 100-200mW, even a small change in thermal conductivity will make a big difference.

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• Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cool

  Why tho

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  • 11111one11111@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Maybe extreme weather conditions for trail cams? That’s the only reason I would think about using one but never actually buy one for lol.

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    • bitfucker@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ROG Ally

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  • dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Personally, id choose them over plastic ones if not just to save plastic

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  • mriormro@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Cause it’s metal.

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    • bert@lemmy.monster ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      \m/

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• mox@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Less plastic being manufactured? Sounds good to me. :)

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  • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Seriously. Let’s light a fire under this trend.

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    • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      While we’re at it, let’s get back to all metal phones! Screw this glass back shit.

      For the “Wireless” charging people:

      It’s a gimmick, nothing of value is lost

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  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I respect the sentiment, but is the amount of plastic in an SD card really that significant? There’s probably more in just the packaging alone.

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    • mox@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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• sploosh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I feel like dealing with SD cards’ inevitable demise is more important than armoring them. What good is a stainless SD card that no longer functions after 2 years of use?

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  • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What good is a stainless SD card

    Better thermal conductivity and in turn dissipation than plastic does tend to longer lasting flash chips, how much this change means in real world practice though remains to be seen

    Heat is a flash storage killer of all kinds

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    • sploosh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s hard to believe that it would have taken 25 years for the many SD card builders out there to figure out that a heat spreader could solve the degradation problems.

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• spyd3r@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Should have used glorious Nippon steel, folded over 1000 times.

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• mudmaniac@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Isn’t there a danger of someone shorting data to voltage by inserting this thing wrongly?

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