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Article: Intel's `flash memory' doesn't live up to billing Technology isn't new or revolutionary, and doesn't beat competitors yet
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 1, 1997
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CopyrightCopyright 1997 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Intel Corp. made a big splash in mid-September when it announced
an improvement in a type of chip called flash memory. The company
made big claims for this technology, which were repeated by many
media outlets, including many that should have known better.
Here's a paragraph from Intel's Web site, www.intel.com:
"Nine years of flash memory industry leadership and over 400
million units shipped have culminated for Intel Corp. in a
technology that will have a revolutionary impact on the flash memory
market segment. Intel today announced a new class of flash memory
products, called Intel StrataFlash memory. The new product family
stores multiple bits of information in each cell and can be ...