I've been an enthusiast for RAMTRON's FRAM
technology for years. They are fast yet require NO flash
write time. One can write the entire array in one sitting
without any delays. Despite having designed the parts
into thousands of products, I have yet to find one that failed
in service- an event approaching virgin birth- for me, a grouchy
old bastard who gets paid to break things.

To my surprise, Feb 2005 Scientific American on P33 says
that University of Arkansas researchers have discovered
a breakthrough in the ferroelectric process,  allowing the
manufacture of FRAM devices up to "100,000 TIMES" more
dense than the present technology.

That approaches high density flash. Imagine, flash without
the write cycle....

You saw it here first, folks....

--Bob

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