17/09/2004 11:36:09, juergen.messerer@freesurf.ch wrote:

>Are the Intel STRATA Flash a special kind of FLASH Types?

Yes. Have a rummage round http://developer.intel.com/ - they 
store 2 bits of data (4 charge levels) per flash cell, so they're twice 
the density of normal NOR, for only a slight price (die-size) 
increase. They're still nowhere near as big or as cheap as NAND 
devices, though. (All the CF cards, USB pen-drives, MP3 players 
out there use NAND flash - it's the obvious choice, if you don't 
need to execute directly from it.). Note that, while you can execute 
from NOR flash, if you're going to allow for worn-out sectors, it all 
starts to get rather hard work. The Balloon solution of storing stuff 
in NAND, and executing from RAM, has a certain simple charm. 

Steve