Question.Flash Memory

[utorrent hacker]

Hey guys, first post here. A video popped into my, it was regarding flash memory and usb memory sticks. Its was about how manufactures program the chips on the memory pen to only store a certain amount like 32gb or 62gb etc. So basically, is our flash drives all able to store wayy more but is limited by the manufacturer and is it possible to program it so it can store more or am i just being stupid.

[minibois]

Uhh.. No? 

Why would they include more memory than they need to? The manufacturer makes memory chips (say 16GB chips) and then solders however many are needed for the capacity. I mean I guess at some point it's cheaper to manufacturer larger chips... Thus the reason 16GB and 8GB flash drives are the same size.. But they don't just flash it to show a lower capacity.

 

Now if you were to say CPU... For example, all Ryzen series CPU's within a generation (excluding the APU's.. blah blah) are created equally. But only the best one become Ryzen 9 or Ryzen 7 CPU's. In that way, you could say every Ryzen 5 has more cores than it shows; since some are disabled (because they weren't stable).

In the same sense, some people flash their GPU to a different version for more power. E.g. RX 480 and RX 580 are the same videochip and people would flash the 480 to a 580 for a bit more power. But hat is not guaranteed GPU power.

[The Torrent]

11 minutes ago, utorrent hacker said:

Hey guys, first post here. A video popped into my, it was regarding flash memory and usb memory sticks. Its was about how manufactures program the chips on the memory pen to only store a certain amount like 32gb or 62gb etc. So basically, is our flash drives all able to store wayy more but is limited by the manufacturer and is it possible to program it so it can store more or am i just being stupid.

No that’s all fake.

 

they also say eggs are made in factories and rice is made of plastic,

[BrinkGG]

11 minutes ago, utorrent hacker said:

Hey guys, first post here. A video popped into my, it was regarding flash memory and usb memory sticks. Its was about how manufactures program the chips on the memory pen to only store a certain amount like 32gb or 62gb etc. So basically, is our flash drives all able to store wayy more but is limited by the manufacturer and is it possible to program it so it can store more or am i just being stupid.

This WAS a thing with a different company and completely different parts. 

My memory SUCKS, but as I remember:

Back in the AMD Athlon/Phenom days, there were some CPUs that were tri-core CPUs. 

Yes, 3 cores, 3 threads. 

After a while, people started wondering if it was actually 3 core silicon, as you usually manufacture things symmetrically. So people started modding firmware, bioses, etc. to attempt to find that magic 4th core. Lo and behold, this solution was found: 

 

[Zodiark1593]

Like CPUs, NAND flash undergoes binning as well. So say a 128 GB flash chip with defects may be sold as a 32 GB chip instead of being scrapped entirely. Many drives are a monolithic design, so I've doubts there tend to be many physical variants of a given product line.

 

Sometimes though, demand for the lower capacity drives may outstrip supply of partially defective chips, so a manufacturer may use higher rated chips to meet demand.