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HP-48 FRAM Cards
07-23-2016, 12:51 AM
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RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards
Yes READ and WRITE BOTH wear out FRAM. 1 Trillion cycles is on the order of what I read as well, this applies to read and write. The act of reading FRAM erase the data so every read is followed by a right to rewrite the data back.

See article below for some comparison with MRAM
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...VQumFXPwcQ

I agree this makes FRAM less desirable for the HP48GX or in my case the HP48SX. I only learned these facts after buying the cards, so I now use the for back up purposes and use SRAM for normal use

(07-23-2016 12:19 AM)JDW Wrote:  "READ" destroys FRAM, or did you mean "WRITE"?

Even so, I found this FRAM vs. FLASH article interesting. And here's an article on power consumption. And this YouTube Video shows FRAM vs SRAM vs EEPROM. This TI PDF says FRAM has 1 trillion READ/WRITE cycles.

These articles and videos, when viewed along side your experience, would indicate that FRAM used in 48GX cards is somehow flawed or inferior. Wouldn't you agree?
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HP-48 FRAM Cards - JDW - 07-16-2016, 02:59 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - Dave Frederickson - 07-16-2016, 04:15 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - JDW - 07-16-2016, 04:21 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - matthiaspaul - 07-16-2016, 04:39 PM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - Dave Frederickson - 07-16-2016, 09:18 PM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - Michael Lopez - 07-16-2016, 07:07 AM
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RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - JDW - 07-16-2016, 12:24 PM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - JDW - 07-17-2016, 09:23 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - snrowe - 07-23-2016, 12:03 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - JDW - 07-23-2016, 12:19 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - snrowe - 07-23-2016 12:51 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - JDW - 07-23-2016, 12:58 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - snrowe - 07-23-2016, 01:04 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - Dave Frederickson - 07-23-2016, 01:40 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - snrowe - 07-23-2016, 02:37 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - Sylvain Cote - 07-23-2016, 02:45 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - matthiaspaul - 07-23-2016, 05:10 PM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - JDW - 07-23-2016, 10:56 PM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - matthiaspaul - 07-24-2016, 02:28 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - Dave Frederickson - 07-24-2016, 04:29 PM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - matthiaspaul - 07-24-2016, 06:52 PM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - Dave Frederickson - 07-23-2016, 12:46 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - snrowe - 07-23-2016, 01:00 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - Dave Frederickson - 07-23-2016, 01:22 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - snrowe - 07-23-2016, 01:35 AM
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RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - snrowe - 07-23-2016, 03:14 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - JDW - 07-23-2016, 03:50 AM
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RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - Dave Frederickson - 08-19-2016, 12:20 AM
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RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - Dave Frederickson - 08-19-2016, 02:15 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - matthiaspaul - 08-20-2016, 11:52 AM
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RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - matthiaspaul - 08-25-2016, 07:38 PM
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RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - Ron Ross - 08-26-2016, 04:13 PM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - matthiaspaul - 08-27-2016, 11:32 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - JDW - 08-27-2016, 12:21 AM
RE: HP-48 FRAM Cards - gege - 08-27-2016, 09:36 AM
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