Peter L. Peres wrote: >>> One thing I did not know is, that FRAM also has a limited read cycle >>> count. >> It's very simple. It's miniature "core" memory. Reads are >> performed as writes with sense lines. > If so, then why does it have a lifetime at all (on a human scale) ?! Don't ask me! It seems to be related to why EEPROM has a lifetime. Doing funny things repeatedly to a microscopic structure appears to let bits leak out (literally - as molecules/ atoms). It pushes too hard. Don't ask me! -- Cheers, Paul B.