Subj : Flash-RAM
To   : Tegularius
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Oct 16 2005 15:31:00

  Re: Flash-RAM
  By: Tegularius to All on Sat Oct 15 2005 06:14 pm

 > John C. Dvorak writes, "flash memory has a limited life,estimated to be abou
 > one million read/write cycles with today's chips... most flash is designed
 > with wear-leveling as part of its architecture." (PC Magazine Nov. 8, 2005,
 > p.93)

In reality, most flash parts of a life expectency of between 10,000 and 100,000
write cycles (not a million).

Read cycles do not limit the life of a flash part.

                                                  digital man

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