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Model Specific Forums => Gemini PDA => Gemini PDA - Hardware => Topic started by: Robosity on November 20, 2018, 01:29:28 am
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As subject asks: is the internal flash on the Gemini a self-contained device with internal wear leveling (like the external microSD) or is it more like a large nand-flash with a wear-leveling driver above it?
The reason for the question is that a self-contained device would not lose it's block mapping tables during a device 'format' while a simple nand-flash with driver would. This would make a 'Format and Download' a dangerous operation to perform without additional tools I don't have.
-Gary
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As subject asks: is the internal flash on the Gemini a self-contained device with internal wear leveling (like the external microSD) or is it more like a large nand-flash with a wear-leveling driver above it?
The reason for the question is that a self-contained device would not lose it's block mapping tables during a device 'format' while a simple nand-flash with driver would. This would make a 'Format and Download' a dangerous operation to perform without additional tools I don't have.
-Gary
It uses eMMC chip, so pretty much like microSD in regard to this.