These features address performance and endurance issues and challenges caused by the growing sizes of flash “erase blocks” by providing sectioning to emulate the small blocks. Data can simply be modified without the need to erase the whole block prior to a write operation, thus improving disk utilization and further extending the wear-out life of the drive

Moreover, the E-Disk^® Altima™ solid state drive allocates pre-erased flash blocks where data can be written faster, eliminating the need to perform an erase operation immediately before a write operation.