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Altera_Forum
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13 years agoCuriously some manufacturers are placing a "maximum write cycles" title over flash memory endurance numbers while others write "minimum write cycles". Obviously both mean just the same thing.
The more interesting point would be to know about the actual statistics, which percentage of MAX II has been observed to fail after 100, 200 etc. erase/program cycles. Primarly, the numbers tell you how the device can be reasonably used and what should be avoided. It's e.g. no problem to store calibration data in a MAX II user flash, that may be updated once a year. But you shouldn't plan to rewrite it daily or weekly. I guess, I have some instrument prototypes with MAX II that have survived more cycles. I don't particularly care about. But production devices should be safe.