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To: Ausdauer who wrote (27431)2/9/2005 2:28:56 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 60323
 
>> Anyway you look at it a monolithic 1 gigabyte chip is gigantic.

Oh I absolutely agree. And it's a nice round number, too. A detailed regional US road map would fit on that. So it becomes practical to use in automotive navigation systems. Much more practical than the DVD readers currently in use. The extreme temperatures in automobiles favor the use of flash. But it has to approach the cost of a dvd drive.