Some memory technologies meet one or more of these requirements very well, but offsetting limitations can prevent the product from becoming a genuine solution, especially in newer applications. Flash programming occurs when electrons are placed on the floating gate. The charge is stored on the floating gate, with the oxide layer allowing the cell to be electrically erased through the source. Intel Flash memory is an extremely reliable nonvolatile memory architecture. This technology allows two bits of information to be stored in a single transistor.
Precision is the key to storing two bits per cell.
The flexible blocking architecture enables system integration of code and data within a single flash device. The standard modes of operation for flash components are read , program , and erase . To enable the use of flash in different, higher-performance ways, Intel has enhanced these basic modes of operation by adding several other integrated features. Please note that not all modes or features are available on every product. A datasheet listing is available for more complete product information.