FRAM? The March 8, 1999 issue of Forbes magazine has an article about
ferroelectric random access memory, or FRAM.
The article makes the following dubious claim on page 133:
"FRAMs by contrast, are as speedy as DRAMs, yet, like flash memory retain their data when the power is off. And FRAMs do it better. They can store data for years without consuming any electricity. Compared with flash and Eeproms, they can download data thousands of times faster, yet use one-tenth the power and run 100,000 times longer before wearing out. A FRAM could handle word-processing functions for years; flash memory would wear out almost immediately."
I think the author, Neil Weinberg, got used. By whom, I am not sure,
maybe, Celis Semiconductor, Symetrix, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Hundai, Ramtron, or STMicroelectronics, all of which are touted in the article.
Or maybe, I missed something?
Maybe, Sandisk's PR people could write a letter to the editor? |
