On 9/1/06, Cerebus <cerebus2@gmail.com> wrote:
> NOR flash (the first flash memory type) has a lifetime of up to a
> million write cycles (if it's top-quality, that is; the lower bound is
> about three orders of magnitude less). The mean for NOR flash is
> about 100K write cycles.
After a little more research, linear flash cards are all NOR flash, as
they are intended for use as non-volitile memory. NOR flash supports
random access, but NAND flash only allows sequential access.
-- Tim
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