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For all of these reasons, computer and storage vendors have been working on ways to incorporate flash memory into their products. Right now, it looks as though the fruits of their labor will appear in two forms.
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Flash memory is a form of EEPROM that allows multiple memory locations to be erased or written in one programming operation. In lay terms, it is a form of rewritable memory chip that, unlike a Random Access Memory chip, holds its content without maintaining a power supply.
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GENEVA, Dec. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), announced today that Intel, Francisco Partners and ST have agreed to extend the deadline for the closing of Numonyx, the joint flash memory venture, to March 28, 2008. The three parties continue to work to satisfy the conditions to closing for the transaction, and expect the closing to take place in Q1 2008.
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Toshiba says subpoenaed over flash memorylooolpWnt!Yet another stupid investigation...That will go absolutely nowhere. Why doesn't the government spend more time and resources investigating and prosecuting crimes it can 1. prove and 2. genuinely affect peoples' lives and safety. Tags: Government, Memory, flash memory, Toshiba Corp. Discussion threads 2007-09-15
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A startup named Nanosys claims they have found a way to double flash memory capacity. Their secret is to create metal nanocrystals to boost memory surface area like skyscrapers. And while the idea is by no means new, Nanosys has figured out how to viably bring this process into mass production—something that has thwarted research institutions in the past. more
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