ThestoryofFlashmemoryisoneofauniquetechnologythatwasalmostafailure.OnlyafterthreeunsuccessfulattemptsdidFlashsucceedinthemarketplace.Tosucceed,Flashhadtosolveseveraltechnicalproblemsandhadtocreateamarketforitself.Oncetheseissueswereaddressed,FlashquicklybecamethehighestvolumenonvolatilememorydisplacingtheEPROMonly5yearsafteritssuccessfulentryinthemarket.Today,FlashischallengingDRAMforthehighestvolumesemiconductormemoryusedintheworld.WhilethemarketforecastforFlashisbright,thetechnologyisapproachingfundamentallimitsinitsscalability.
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