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To: Woerns who wrote (4120)	9/8/2008 1:39:52 PM
From: NicoV	Respond to of 4590

>Quadbit can only handle ten programming cycles I think this is correct, Bertrand Cambou mentioned it a couple of CC's ago that quadbit was a practically write-once thing. At first I thought flash that is only a couple of times rewritable would be useless, but after giving it some thought I've changed my mind. I can think of the following usages: - console game cartridges - music - consumer electronics devices that are not end-user upgradable. I wouldn't be surprised if it could replace mask rom completely, and even if it doesn' t get as cheap as mask rom, easier inventory management (only one device needed, instead of a whole set of different roms) may make it cheaper.

To: Woerns who wrote (4120)	9/8/2008 2:07:49 PM
From: KeithDust2000	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4590

Woerns, I cant believe the following from the link: I think the info is about right. WRT SPSN going back into NAND I remember Cambou saying SPSN decided not to compete against NAND about a year ago. So obviously SPSN changed its mind in between then and now. From what I heard on the call, they´re still not really planning to compete against NAND (of course one could argue that NAND in combination with Dram and NOR are already competitors, sort of), but are going for a very specialized niche that is supposed to help them sell their NOR parts. They won´t even produce the stuff in-house.