Re: [NTLK] Real Newton Durability/Longevity?

From: PCBman Customer Service <pcbmanservice_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Mon Aug 18 2008 - 16:05:32 EDT

>
>Looking for your $.02 on how long data can be expected to last on a 2100's
>built-in memory...

Data retention for Flash memory is >100 years.

It dosn't matter what type of data you have stored on there as it is all ultimately
1's & 0's.

Conversely, SRAM retention is >5 years.

Source:

www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sps32/DataRem_CHES2005.pdf

PCBman

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