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I am trying to understand the terminology used for various non-volatile memory chips for example as EEPROM and Flash.

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Is there any preference to use the word EEPROM or Flash for specific type of memory chips or is it some specific technology difference in the two types?

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    \$\begingroup\$ here: electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/69234/… \$\endgroup\$
    – bobflux
    Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 13:20
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    \$\begingroup\$ Have you read the Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory ? Quote: Although flash memory is technically a type of EEPROM, the term "EEPROM" is generally used to refer specifically to non-flash EEPROM which is erasable in small blocks. \$\endgroup\$
    – Bimpelrekkie
    Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 13:20
  • \$\begingroup\$ @alt-rose Stack exchange sites are reserved only for the questions which remains after doing basic research. Much as with your recent Cortex R question you could have easily found your own answer to this, in this case already right here on this site. \$\endgroup\$
    – Chris Stratton
    Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 14:55

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An EEPROM can be erased per address and has higher write endurance. Flash must be erased per page but has higher density.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Does it mean that the digital circuit in both is fundamentally same specially the cell in which a 'bit' of data is stored but the way cells are grouped together for read or write or erase operations they are different in these two memory types? \$\endgroup\$
    – alt-rose
    Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 13:37
  • \$\begingroup\$ @alt-rose No. they are different technologies with different design choices made. not just rehashes of each other. I'm just telling you the practical differences. BTW specially and especially mean different things. \$\endgroup\$
    – DKNguyen
    Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 13:59
  • \$\begingroup\$ Do these memory types use 'MOSFET Gate Capacitors' as their basic storage cells for storing the binary 1's and 0's data or is it some other technology? \$\endgroup\$
    – alt-rose
    Commented Aug 8, 2019 at 3:48
  • \$\begingroup\$ @alt-rose MOSFET gate capacitors are DRAM that needs refreshing and loses its memory when power is lost. So no. \$\endgroup\$
    – DKNguyen
    Commented Aug 8, 2019 at 3:49
  • \$\begingroup\$ Ok. Can you tell what is the basic construction of a cell in Flash or EEPROM memories? \$\endgroup\$
    – alt-rose
    Commented Aug 8, 2019 at 3:50

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