Flash Memory

Question 1

What is flash memory made of?

Answer 1

Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM)

Question 2

What is made from EEPROM?

Answer 2

ROM (provides the computer with the software needed to start)

Question 3

What are SD cards?

Answer 3

• Security Digital card
• Used to increase the capacity in devices such as cameras, phones and tablets
• Provide a high capacity for their physical size

Question 4

What is SSD?

Answer 4

• Solid state drive
• Used in home computers because of their performance
• A form of re-writable flash storage.

Question 5

Features of flash memory?

Answer 5

• Can be re-written
• Usually fast to access
• they don’t have any moving parts
• Usually high capacity
• Robust (not effected by vibrations so can be used in industrial machines)
• Short life time- can only be written a certain number of times before data is lost. We may lose connection once the flash has degraded past a point. Re-writable devices include several blocks of flash memory so they last longer.
• Non volatile