SRAM and flash memory

What is a typical use of NOR flash memory?

  1. AStoring large videos and photos
  2. BMain memory of a PC
  3. CStoring program code for devices (such as boot programs)
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Answer: C. Storing program code for devices (such as boot programs)

NOR flash offers fast random access, and a CPU can read and execute programs directly from it, so it is used to store device boot programs and microcontroller firmware. NAND flash is used for storing large amounts of data.

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More SRAM and flash memory questions

  1. Which correctly describes garbage collection in an SSD?
  2. In an SRAM read, what is the operation called that charges the bit lines in advance to the supply voltage or similar?
  3. Which electron injection mechanism is mainly used for writing (programming) NAND flash memory?
  4. In NAND flash, what is the phenomenon in which repeatedly reading the same block gradually shifts the threshold voltages of cells that are not being read?
  5. In QLC (4 bits per cell) NAND flash, how many threshold voltage states must one cell distinguish?