At 06:45 AM 11/6/2008, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>Just how stable is it, compared to a DVD for instance?
>What could hurt it?
Flash memory is probably more stable than DVD. DVD is subject to
corrosion. Almost all microprocessors use flash memory for their
programming, so the life of the processor is depending on the flash
memory life.
All good memory uses some kind of error correction, which can mask
the underlying bit error rate as seen by the user.
Perhaps the best storage would be some kind of archival print that
can be re-read digitally.
Wayne
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