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minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 days agoHow does a hard drive include enough processing power to encrypt/decrypt things without having any impact on read/write times?
minus-squareRedGreenBlue@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoDedicated chips are really fast! They do one thing fast.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoWhat do you mean? Even a $1 microcontroller can do stuff like that nowadays.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoThe hardware variants have a chip onboard that can do that when the user enables it. Hence essentially no impact on performance.
How does a hard drive include enough processing power to encrypt/decrypt things without having any impact on read/write times?
Dedicated chips are really fast! They do one thing fast.
What do you mean? Even a $1 microcontroller can do stuff like that nowadays.
The hardware variants have a chip onboard that can do that when the user enables it. Hence essentially no impact on performance.