FLASH - Non-Volatile Memory
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- Someone created FLASH memory.
- Where no electrical current is required to sustain the data.
- (Similar to EEPROM - but with FLASH one can program each cell separately).
- This was first used in multimedia devices (e.g. cameras) and embedded
devices (e.g. phones)
- As the market for FLASH grew - the price per MB went down.
- Until someone decided to use NAND-FLASH memory in the form-factor and
interface of a disk.
- And thus we got SSD - Solid-State Disks.
- First in the form of the M-SYSTEMS "disk on key"
- and later in other form factors.