You’ve probably read about Android market fragmentation and wondered just how big a deal it is. This visualisation spells out the problem quite clearly: there are almost 4000 unique Android devices out there running a single app available on Play. That, right there, is fragmentation.
It’s been over two months since Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) launched and the adoption rate is nothing short of pitiful. It’s sort of a disaster.
According to reviewers who found that Intel SSD performance dropped significantly over time due to increased fragmentation, Intel said today that they haven’t been able to replicate any of these results in their own labs. They claimed that the reviewer’s usage was not reflective of “real-world” use. Whatever that means, they’re denying the report. [CNET]
PC Perspective’s review of Intel’s X25-M SSD, a custom-designed solid state drive, showed that the manufacturer’s sector remapping actually lowered overall performance dramatically over time as the drive became irreparably fragmented.
