"AMD promptly copied Intel's technology, changed the name to Mirrorbit and dropped the claim that multibit was unreliable. "
Umm, no. Whatever the exact details of MirrorBit are, it is most emphatically not MLC. This is from their website amd.com
Look at this slide from the analyst's conference event.mediaondemand.com
It appears to be some sort of contactless (well, reduced number of contacts) technology, closer to Sharp's ACT1, without the performance penalty. Now maybe they get around the performance problems with their page mode access, but it is still a superior technology to StrataFlash. Note this slide event.mediaondemand.com
If it is true, then all of Elmer's concerns over AMD being two generations behind might not be a problem...
To recap, AMD did not copy Intel, nor have they incurred the problems of MLC in their MirrorBit technology (however, it is a stupid name).
PS, sorry about polluting the thread. But there has been so much butt-slapping here over how AMD is falling behind in flash, I had to post. My most abject apologies. |
