The technology behind SD cards is based on flash memory, which retains information securely even without a power supply. Nevertheless, even this technology has its limits. The electrical charges ...

Data retention is a funny thing. Atmel will gladly tell you that the flash memory in an ATmega32A will retain its data for 100 years at room temperature. Microchip says its EEPROMs will retain data ...

The late 1990s saw the widespread introduction of solid-state storage based around NAND Flash. Ranging from memory cards for portable devices to storage for desktops and laptops, the data storage ...

The flash storage industry has evolved in the past couple of years even as the spinning hard disk industry continues to shrink. Dublin, Ireland-based research firm Research and Markets this year ...

USB flash drives are a cheap and convenient storage medium, but for a variety of reasons, are far from ideal for storing ...