schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoThis USB flash drive can only store 8KB of data, but will last you 200 yearswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1239arrow-down111
arrow-up1228arrow-down1external-linkThis USB flash drive can only store 8KB of data, but will last you 200 yearswww.tomshardware.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-square°˖✧ ipha ✧˖°@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up65·6 months agoSo your 8KB of data will last forever, but what about the firmware required to access it running on flash?
minus-squareFester@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·6 months agoIn 200 years, AI will hack it for you, but you’ll need a dozen antique dongles to get from USB-Z to A.
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 months agoit does say it has a built-in serial console and raspberry pi
minus-squareskilltheamps@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up21·6 months agoAnd the firmware inside that rp2040 is stored on plain old flash memory. So while the data may still be on the memory chip, the controller chip dies at just the same pace than every other usb drive - and then you can’t access it.
So your 8KB of data will last forever, but what about the firmware required to access it running on flash?
In 200 years, AI will hack it for you, but you’ll need a dozen antique dongles to get from USB-Z to A.
it does say it has a built-in serial console and raspberry pi
And the firmware inside that rp2040 is stored on plain old flash memory. So while the data may still be on the memory chip, the controller chip dies at just the same pace than every other usb drive - and then you can’t access it.