11.   Atmel accused the three companies of mimicking some of its EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory and flash micro-controller products.

12.   Because flash memory does not require moving parts to be read, some experts say they believe that flash will win the race for a universal storage medium.

13.   A shortage of flash memory chips has kept the price stubbornly high.

14.   Add the ability to rewrite the disk, and such cards could be a cheap substitute for flash memory cards in digital cameras.

15.   Additionally, flash memory chips can send and receive data much faster than hard drives, thus improving the performance of many devices.

16.   But Brookwood noted Intel is a leading maker of flash memory for these same wireless device makers, while Analog has a solid reputation in DSP.

17.   But even with flash memory, the types and formats still confuse many consumers, some managers of consumer electronics stores said in recent interviews.

18.   But strong sales of flash memory, as well as other kinds of chips, helped offset that, company officials said.

19.   But unlike ROM, flash memory can store and delete new information.

20.   But, as with the memory backpacks for the Rio, these flash memory upgrades are expensive.