File systems aren't discussed on XDA or any other forum all too often. The topic involves a lot of low-level development, so developers prefer to focus on applications, ROMs, or kernels. Nevertheless, ...

Among the improvements that OnePlus touted for its OnePlus 3T release, we were told that the company had managed to improve app opening speeds and general loading times, something especially ...

High-capacity SSD-type devices have more than one NAND chip. Yes, the capacity of a single chip can be lower than that of an array of them. And ECC is mostly done in hardware these days; it's harder ...

As you might as well know, the Nexus 7 2012 tablet offers less than ideal flash memory performance, so if you're the owner of one such device, you might be familiar with the issue. Back when it first ...

Samsung has designed and launched a new file system with a singular aim in mind: improving the longevity and performance of NAND flash-based storage devices. Dubbed the Flash-Friendly File System, or ...

To start things off, a ton of bug fixes alongside a few enhancements are coming to the F2FS filesystem (for Pixel devices) in the the Linux 4.21 kernel. Wine HQ just officially announced the ...

The role of F2FS is not very clear from the announcement. How can you be "Nand Friendly" if you work on a system were the "FTL + wear leveling handling" does everything to hide the Nand ? FTL is ...