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Flash Memory

The flash memory is usually of the format of Erasable Electrical Programmable Memory. In contrast to the Random Access Memory the flash memory is also fast as well retains the data even when there is a power failure. The flash memory is a non volatile type of memory.

Flash memory has a great demand for its application to store data in the mobile phones as well as the digital cameras and many other hand held devices. Almost all the devices that are operated using a battery like the mp3 players, PDA, and the memory cards of various devices. This flash memory is available in different memory formats with different access speeds.

Flash memory in the coming days will give tough competition to the present types of memory storage devices. The regular storage devices may include the optical media like the cd rom, tape storage devices like the floppy drives etc. Even there are the hard drives that use the technology of the flash memory devices. They are like pocket hard drives etc.

Currently the flash memory chips are being used extensively in the digital cameras, and usb pen drives, and many other applications.

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