Chops <billw@cisco.com> wrote:

> > Microchip is under the (mistaken, I think) impression that
> > "Flash" is a generic term for "electrically-erasable".
>
> Nonsense.  Microchip is under the impression that "flash" is a more
> marketable buzzword than EEPROM

Bill:

I agree with your analysis, but I was enunciating Microchip's
OFFICIAL position on the matter, not my interpretation of it.

In a telephone converstaion with the factory, I was told in so many
words that "'Flash' has become a generic term for 'electrically-
erasable non-volatile memory'."

Later, on the PICLIST, Brian Boles at Microchip said:

    "As far as we know, the Atmel "Flash" parts use the same basic
    technology as we do.  If it looks like ...., and smells like
    ...., it must be ...."

-Andy

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