This article makes no fucking sense. In a normal system, nothing you could reasonably call “zoning” should change flash read speeds. WTF are they talking about.
ZUFS is a new technology that substantially improves the performance and endurance of traditional UFS, especially in high-capacity chips. While the underlying mechanism is complex, the basic principle involves dividing the storage space into distinct “zones.” Data is written sequentially within these zones rather than randomly across the entire storage space. The operating system intelligently groups data with similar lifespans or access patterns into the same zones.
When the system needs to reclaim space, it can erase an entire zone at once after all the data within it is no longer needed. This eliminates the need for running a more traditional, and costly, garbage collection (GC) process, thereby reducing wear on the flash storage. This also makes performance more consistent, especially under heavy load or when the drive is nearly full, as there’s no longer a risk of background GC tasks interfering with active read/write operations.
This article makes no fucking sense. In a normal system, nothing you could reasonably call “zoning” should change flash read speeds. WTF are they talking about.
Read this article: https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-10-storage-specs-3589059/
It does a slightly better job of explaining it.