SSD's and quoted capacities following mechanical sizing?

[Antagram]

I was looking at a Corsair Reactor SSD so checked the Corsair website.

Just interested to know why memory companies have decided to copy the same sizing scheme as traditional hard drive manufacturers?

1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes

Unformatted capacity is the total amount of memory on the drive. The total formatted capacity for the drive will be lower, depending on the operating system and file system used.

Just seems like memory companies are following the status quo for their own benefit.

[chuckskull]

I imagine because if they didn't they wouldn't sell many drives, people would instantly discount them because they would appear smaller.

People are used to the status quo now. While more technically minded end users gripe a bit, most people just accept it, even those who understand the fallacy. Until that switches around there's no incentive to change.

It's a bit stupid and is certainly misleading but people vote with their wallets and no-ones stopped buying hard drives because of it.

No-one stopped paying for their up to 8mb 'unlimited' broadband either or buying cars with slightly fluffed 0-60 and mpg figures. Same deal there. Almost gives you the impression us consumers like being lied to, to make us feel better about what we're buying.

I don't agree with it, but if I was selling either product and every single competitor was doing it, every customer accepting it, I wouldn't risk my bottom line being a pedant.

[BobF64]

Thats because 1MB is 1000Bytes, in standard SI units.

And 1MiB is 1024Bytes, in IEC units.

Of course, it would be nice if everyone used the same units for everything, instead of whichever makes it look bigger or "rounder".

[Terbinator]

Thats because 1MB is 1000KBytes, in standard SI units.

And 1MiB is 1024Bytes, in IEC units.

Of course, it would be nice if everyone used the same units for everything, instead of whichever makes it look bigger or "rounder".

[Funkstar]

This is always how flash memory has been packaged, SSDs are just very fast flash memory, so there lies the connection.

[BobF64]

lol oops

I wondered who would spot that first

The 2nd line is also similarly incorrect and should say "And 1MiB is 1024KBytes, in IEC units."

[jim]

lol oops

I wondered who would spot that first

The 2nd line is also similarly incorrect and should say "And 1MiB is 1024KBytes, in IEC units."

Surely that should say 1 MiB is 1024 KiBytes