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To: Rink who wrote (3203)1/27/2008 12:33:19 PM
From: captainfreedom  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4590
 
NOR flash latency is 70 ns to 90 ns, much higher than DRAM.
NOR flash has a "burst mode" which reduces the average latency, when a block of data is accessed in sequence. Unfortunately in real world apps data is often accessed randomly, so it does effect performance.