Re: Lifetime of flash memory

[hackmiester / Hunter Fuller]

On Tuesday 21 March 2006 11:14, David Vrabel  wrote:
> John Richard Moser wrote:
> > The question I have is, is this really significant?  I have heard quoted
> > that flash memory typically handles something like 3x10^18 writes;
>
> That's like, uh, 13 orders of magnitudes out...
Flash drives are cheap anyway. I saw a 256mB one for $10 at Circuit City. A 
PNY one. After rebates... but still, you can't beat that.
>
> David Vrabel
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