OT: SSD and EMP

[Michael Butash]

Not magnetic per se, but I think an emp would kill it for the same 
reason static discharge will fry an IC, of which it has plenty.  I'll 
bet the nand flash doesn't get along with EM very well either.

-mb


On 12/01/2011 11:56 AM, der.hans wrote:
> moin moin,
>
> discussing things at work and EMPs came up. It was almost on topic :).
>
> Anyway, an EMP would knock out data on hard drives, would it not?
>
> A co-worker says SSD is not magnetic, so would not be affected by an EMP.
> Is that correct?
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans