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To: John Stichnoth who wrote (8706)	1/19/2000 4:27:00 PM
From: Artslaw	Read Replies (1) of 60323

I saw recently that the number used to be 100,000 (of writes per card). Flash wears out over time--the way the cells write data is hard on the insulator, essentially. I don't know what the current spec is, but do you actually think you'll take more than 100,000 cards-worth of pictures? For most flash-card applications (data storage), I think the wearout-related reliability is fine. It's only when you try to use it as main memory (where you write to it on the scale of seconds) that this becomes an issue (IMHO). I'm sure they've boosted the endurance beyond 100,000 write cycles as well. . .might be more on the order of millions now (then again, double-density flash probably has a shorter endurance, so maybe it is still on the order of 100,000). Steve

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