--- title: microSD cards' SBC days are numbered | daily.dev description: MicroSD cards are commonly used in single board computers (SBCs) due to their small size and low cost. However, NVMe SSDs offer significantly faster... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsd-cards-sbc-days-are-numbered-zgvyw0tlq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: microSD cards' SBC days are numbered | daily.dev og:description: MicroSD cards are commonly used in single board computers (SBCs) due to their small size and low cost. However, NVMe SSDs offer significantly faster... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsd-cards-sbc-days-are-numbered-zgvyw0tlq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zGvyw0tLQ.png og:image:alt: microSD cards' SBC days are numbered og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # microSD cards' SBC days are numbered **[Jeff Geerling](https://daily.dev/sources/jeffgeerling)** · 3 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MicroSD cards are commonly used in single board computers (SBCs) due to their small size and low cost. However, NVMe SSDs offer significantly faster performance and may be a more suitable option for primary storage in SBCs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#raspberry-pi](https://daily.dev/tags/raspberry-pi) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microsd-cards-sbc-days-are-numbered-zgvyw0tlq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"microSD cards' SBC days are numbered","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsd-cards-sbc-days-are-numbered-zgvyw0tlq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsd-cards-sbc-days-are-numbered-zgvyw0tlq"},"datePublished":"2024-05-15T02:50:13.741Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T02:50:11.621Z","description":"MicroSD cards are commonly used in single board computers (SBCs) due to their small size and low cost. However, NVMe SSDs offer significantly faster...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2e96f60d2491ee6f08979dfb301a050e?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2e96f60d2491ee6f08979dfb301a050e?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Jeff Geerling","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Jeff Geerling","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/a425a8edd27a4930ae183c796db840b9","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/jeffgeerling"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsd-cards-sbc-days-are-numbered-zgvyw0tlq","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"raspberry-pi","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jeff Geerling","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/jeffgeerling"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"microSD cards' SBC days are numbered"}]} ```