Re: TI-H: Another memory expander idea.

Re: TI-H: Another memory expander idea.

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• Subject: Re: TI-H: Another memory expander idea.
• From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
• Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 20:36:22 -0800 (AKDT)
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>>>>Atmel *says* (They said the AVR could do 20MHz also) that their flash will
>>>>last 1,000,000 writes.
>>>
>>>Umm, no, that's only on their low density serial EEPROM, not higher
>>>density flash.  Flash (no matter what the manufacturer) is still in
>>>the 10k to 150k rewrite range.  Nonetheless Microchip has some 256
>>>byte serial EEPROMs that allow 10,000,000 rewrites though.
>>
>>On the doc for the 4MBit chips used in the EuP it says 1,000,000 writes, Mel.
>
>Show me where it says that on any AT45D041-related datasheet...  I
>doubt you'll find it.
>
>Trust me, no high density flash device has even gotten to the 500k
>cycle barrier, much less the 1M.

Well, it figures...  Atmel can't say anything in true in their docs untill
people get mad with complaints.  mel, maybe they are right.  Have you tried
10,000 times?  :)

• Re: TI-H: Another memory expander idea.
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