The author was careful to restrict his comments to SLC drives, which have reasonably long lifetimes.
The newer, cheaper MLC technology flash drives have far less useful lifetime, somewhere in the vicinity of 5,000-10,000 erase cycles. These drives just won't cut it for usages defined here, though they will work fine in your cell phone.
The newer, cheaper MLC technology flash drives have far less useful lifetime, somewhere in the vicinity of 5,000-10,000 erase cycles. These drives just won't cut it for usages defined here, though they will work fine in your cell phone.
See (e.g.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Write_Endurance