| 11. | This is done to preserve write cycles on flash media, a typical installation media for embedded devices.
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| 12. | Each write cycle requires both a pass to erase a region, and another pass to write information.
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| 13. | :To expand on that, flash / pen drives have a limited number of read / write cycles before they fail.
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| 14. | :: : I'd say if you can do a read-write cycle on the new floppy, you're likely OK with the old floppy.
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| 15. | So, I figure that's one read / write cycle per week, so it should last for years at that low usage rate.
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| 16. | However, in SONOS this requires on the order of a 100 million write cycles, 1000 to 10, 000 times better than flash.
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| 17. | Another is that floppies may last for more read / write cycles . talk ) 06 : 54, 3 December 2009 ( UTC)
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| 18. | It also offers the improved endurance ratings as less write cycles are needed for the same amount of data written to the device.
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| 19. | SSDs use flash specified with more write cycles before failure .-- Hans Haase ( g�T ) 19 : 26, 4 May 2016 ( UTC)
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| 20. | Write cycles on the order of 10 5 to 10 6 are typical, limiting Flash applications to roles where constant writing is not common.
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