Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-13 Thread Manon Metten
On 1/12/08, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 07:53:28PM +0100, Manon Metten wrote: > > On 1/11/08, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > If you spin around in a circle fast enough while holding the flash > > > card, all the bits slide to

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-12 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 07:53:28PM +0100, Manon Metten wrote: > On 1/11/08, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > If you spin around in a circle fast enough while holding the flash > > card, all the bits slide to the outside edge where they're harder to > > reach. ;) > > > > Yeah,

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-12 Thread Manon Metten
On 1/11/08, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you spin around in a circle fast enough while holding the flash > card, all the bits slide to the outside edge where they're harder to > reach. ;) > Yeah, I had the same problem with my harddisk. It spins by nature. But to compensate I

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-11 Thread Angus Auld
--- Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 01/11/08 18:15, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > [snip] > > > > As the sub-atomic particles that maintain the > charge that represent the > > bits on the outside edge are moving faster than > those on the inside > > edge, they will have less mass and ther

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/11/08 18:15, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: [snip] As the sub-atomic particles that maintain the charge that represent the bits on the outside edge are moving faster than those on the inside edge, they will have less mass and therefore are easier to move "uphill". Also, they will move faster sti

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-11 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 06:47:03AM +1000, Adrian Levi wrote: > On 12/01/2008, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Jan 11, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > How do seek and rotational delays affect Flash RAM? > > > > If you spin around in a circle fast enough while holding

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-11 Thread David
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 06:47:03 +1000, Adrian Levi wrote: On 12/01/2008, David Brodbeck wrote: On Jan 11, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: How do seek and rotational delays affect Flash RAM? If you spin around in a circle fast enough while holding the flash card, a

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-11 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 06:47:03 +1000, Adrian Levi wrote: > On 12/01/2008, David Brodbeck wrote: > > > > On Jan 11, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > How do seek and rotational delays affect Flash RAM? > > > > If you spin around in a circle fast enough while holding the flash > > card, a

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-11 Thread Adrian Levi
On 12/01/2008, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 11, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > > How do seek and rotational delays affect Flash RAM? > > If you spin around in a circle fast enough while holding the flash > card, all the bits slide to the outside edge where they're h

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-11 Thread Brian McKee
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11-Jan-08, at 2:27 PM, David Brodbeck wrote: On Jan 11, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/11/08 13:18, Paul Johnson wrote: On Jan 11, 2008 8:51 AM, ISHWAR RATTAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As comparison to hard-disk scenario is the a

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-11 Thread David Brodbeck
On Jan 11, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/11/08 13:18, Paul Johnson wrote: On Jan 11, 2008 8:51 AM, ISHWAR RATTAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Storage: how is the storage viewed? Contiguous or block based, is it possible to have random access etc. Like any other block (ie hard dri

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/11/08 13:18, Paul Johnson wrote: On Jan 11, 2008 8:51 AM, ISHWAR RATTAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Storage: how is the storage viewed? Contiguous or block based, is it possible to have random access etc. Like any other block (ie hard drive) device. As comparison to hard-disk scenario

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Jan 11, 2008 8:51 AM, ISHWAR RATTAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Storage: how is the storage viewed? Contiguous or > block based, is it possible to have random access etc. Like any other block (ie hard drive) device. > As comparison to hard-disk scenario is the access > overhead (seek/rtotati

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/11/08 10:51, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: It is way off but some one will direct me to the right place.. I am interested in knowing the storage and access architecture of 'Flash Memory'. Storage: how is the storage viewed? Contiguous or block based, is it possible to have random access etc. As c

OT: Flash memory

2008-01-11 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
It is way off but some one will direct me to the right place.. I am interested in knowing the storage and access architecture of 'Flash Memory'. Storage: how is the storage viewed? Contiguous or block based, is it possible to have random access etc. As comparison to hard-disk scenario is the ac