US Patent 5787445 - Operating system including improved file management for use in devices utilizing flash memory as main memory

Background Of The Invention

''Accordingly, the challenge is to use a non-volatile, long-term storage medium such as flash memory which can take advantage of increased fault tolerance to power interruption, significantly reduced RAM resources, and reduced system overhead caused by data transfers between RAM and the storage medium, while overcoming the erasure drawbacks unique to flash memory.''

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