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To: Daniel Joo who wrote (5045)	3/14/1999 10:21:00 AM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (3) of 60323

Daniel and Thread, You INTC post has me looking over my shoulder. Still don't hear any footsteps, but... I found a brief mention of M-Systems (an Israeli company partnering with Toshiba) "Millenium Disk-on-Chip" in Pen Computing Magazine (http://www.pencomputing.com). It mentions that DiskOnChip is the first "monolithic" flash disk system which "combines the complex memory controller and high-density flash at the silicon level". "M-Systems' approach is to design their DiskOnChip with a much simpler controller which emulates a much simpler EEPROM memory system." "The simplicity of this interface for flash technology is that it frees the system integrator from having to meet the more complex requirements of the current flash standard." Doesn't SanDisk already achieve this? I know that the Vadem Clio allowed for plug'n'play use with my SanDisk 48 MB CompactFlash card, so obviously a Windows CE OS easily integrates their card and controller. I think the M-System advantage is overstated here. Somebody help me out!!! If SanDisk buys out anybody I hope it will be FLSHF or SSTI and not Lexar. Will flash replace SDRAM, PC100 and RambusDRAM in newer PC's??? Ausdauer

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