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To: Binx Bolling who wrote (4868)	2/23/1999 11:51:00 PM
From: NHP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

FRAM Information Binx, I agree with you about the dubious claim. I don't see how Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (FRAM) can be competition for CF, at least not in the near future! Here's a bookmark from my SNDK folder that I've been saving just in case the issue of FRAM competition were to arise. The specs speak for themselves. rohm.co.jp Also, Toshiba plans to develop a one-megabit FRAM chip for commercial use around the year 2000. See: biz.yahoo.com NHP

To: Binx Bolling who wrote (4868)	2/24/1999 1:24:00 PM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

Binx, FRAM has applications in word processing??? Flash memory wears out almost immediately??? They can do better than that. Just when we thought it was safe to come out, here comes FRAM. How close are we to reality on this and can it be produced in quantity at a reasonable price to the average consumer? Ausdauer (28 7/8)

To: Binx Bolling who wrote (4868)	3/1/1999 11:49:00 AM
From: Binx Bolling	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 60323

The following is a partial repost received from Sandisk: A response to your email on the FRAM article in Forbes. Yes, the writer got somewhat confused on some of his facts. And left other facts out. It's true that FRAMs download data faster than flash but that is not an issue as flash is fast enough for all the applications it is being sold into. The writer says that Frams can download data thousands of times faster than flash yet use one-tenth the power. Wrong. Frams consumer approximately the same amount of power as flash. On the writer's wrong comments about endurance......FRAMs wear out every time they are read. Flash can be read an infinite number of times. Fram today is at least four generations behind flash in terms of development. Fram is only at the 1Mbit level today while flash already is at the 128Mbit level. Fram also is more expensive than flash. Bob ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Bob Goligoski, Public Relations Director bgoligoski@sandisk.com Tel.408.542.0463 - Fax 408.542.0403 SanDisk Corp. - 140 Caspian Court - Sunnyvale, CA 94089 sandisk.com : OK to repost what I sent you. I checked into writing a response to Forbes but won't do it. There is a belief here that doing so elevates the credability of FRAM and gives it even more exposure then it would otherwise get. Bob