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To: Steve Cox who wrote (7428)	8/24/1999 2:09:00 PM
From: Steve Cox	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

Intel's OS vs EDIG's micro OS... Wendy's reply: Thank you for writing. I am afraid we can offer no comment on this topic. Best regards, Wendy Ravenel At 09:41 PM 8/22/99 -0300, you wrote: >>>> Wendy, Intel's FDI (Flash Data Integrator) flash management OS seems to be the topic on the boards lately. This weekend I did some comparing of FDI to eDig's OS. Please provide a quick summary as to why Intel would require the MicroOS over their own FDI. If you can not technically answer this question, please ask Mr. Skip Matthews or an eDigital tech heavy to assist. From what I have read, both FDI and MicroOS require the following : A cache memory the size of at least one of the read/write blocks is then coupled to the primary memory and provides temporary storage space for data being written to and read from primary memory. So no advantage of one over the other here. Both require RAM as a buffer. Might the answer lie here from the Norris patent?: A method of memory management for a primary memory created from a non-volatile, long-term storage medium, in particular flash memory, which enables direct manipulation of data segments stored therein. The method comprises the minimum steps of dividing the primary memory into equal size blocks, each block being the smallest amount of data which can be read from or written to memory in a single read or write operation. Intel cannot divide into equal size blocks with minimum steps? Please explain the best you can to clarify why Intel's FDI will not be used in the prototypes. Thank you Steve Cox