schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThis USB flash drive can only store 8KB of data, but will last you 200 yearswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square72linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square72linkfedilink
minus-square°˖✧ ipha ✧˖°@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up65·1 year agoSo your 8KB of data will last forever, but what about the firmware required to access it running on flash?
minus-squareFester@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·1 year 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-up10·1 year agoit does say it has a built-in serial console and raspberry pi
minus-squareskilltheamps@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year 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.