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I found some white papers are articles on how flash memory works:

http://www.kingston.com/tools/umg/default.asp

I found this good video on the manufacturing process. Since they bake the chips, I won't get overly worried about accidentally leaving my thumb drive in the hot car. And some of the information suggests that you can write 2.5 million pictures on a card or erase it once a day for 27 years.

http://www.kingston.com/products/p [...] mGuide.pdf

http://www.kingston.com/company/videos/mfg/default.asp

Enjoy


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