hi all,

thank you for this information, now I know why I bought Flash memory
cheaper than EEPROM.

tung

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> They are almost same thing with little difference.
> 1. Flash you can write each bite separately but if you want to erace
> same bite you have to erace hole array like block.
> 2. EEPROM  is more flexible you can rewrite individual bite without
> erasing hole array.
> Function of Flash is similar to your camera flash that is why the name
> is flash.
> 3. flash is cheaper then eeprom that is why MICROCHIP is moving to Flash
> technology.
> 4. What I do not like about flash  programming them slower then OTP.
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