HWDotW : Solid State Drives

Hardware Device of the week #6:  Solid State Drives

Complete a 1 sided A4 paper summarising how a Solid State drive works. 

Split up your timing into 45 minutes of research and summarising  and 45 mins to create the sheet. The coding will take different people different amounts of time but shouldn’t be more than 45 mins.

You should state where all your information has come from… Feel free to copy n paste diagrams.. but text should be re-written so it make sense to you.  You should always make reference of where information has come from. If you wish to do it properly follow this guide http://education.exeter.ac.uk/dll/studyskills/harvard_referencing.htm . But I will accept a URL or clear book name

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

1. Describe key characteristics of a solid state drive
   (1 paragraph with supporting images/diagrams)
   1. Just an overview of usual uses/benefits/drawbacks
2. Describe how NAND memory  is created using a floating gate Transistor
   (1 paragraph with supporting images/diagram)
1. Describe the "components"
2. Explain the function of each part
3. Why is it non-volotile
3.  How the data is logically stored   
   1. describe the use of blocks

 RESOURCES

Assessment

You will be assessed in the following areas:

• Completeness (To what extent have you completed all the sections above
• Referencing / Plagiarism (+ for good use of sources.  – for over copy and paste
• Accuracy of information.
• Presentation ( Clarity and ease of reading, rather than how fancy the styling is)