OT: Flash memory (was Re: Project storage on removable devices?)

[Hamid]

OK... How can we announce  efficiently that this is an ENGLISH mailing 
list ?

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:59:43 +0100, Nicolas Kumps <nkumps at ulb.ac.be> wrote:

> C'est que moi le 25, cad mardi. Je suis au stade pour Anderlecht-Lyon. 
> C'est
> donc un peu difficile.
>
> On Wednesday 19 November 2003 08:27, you wrote:
>> Steven Peterson wrote:
>> >Well if thats the case it wouldn't be so bad seeing as harddrives 
>> usually
>> >don't make it past 2-5 years anyways. Lots of things cause them to wear
>> > out. But how can a flash memory block "wear out"? I thought that was 
>> one
>> > of the great things about flash memory - it's indestructible and will
>> > stand the test of time and use.
>>
>> Flash memory works by applying a high voltage across a thin dielectric
>> to charge/discharge
>> a 'floating' gate. The dielectric is slowly damaged by this, and flash
>> memory has a lifetime
>> of 10000 - 100000 writes. So in practise it lasts as long as your
>> average hard disk when used
>> for occasional storage.
>>
>> - Keith
>>
>>
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