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 <rattan@cps.cmich.edu> 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/rtotational/transfer delays) - do such concepts apply to flash memory?Yes, but the times involved are much smaller.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 harder to reach. ;)