??? 10/17/08 07:51 Read: times |
#159134 - EEPROM implies EPROM Responding to: ???'s previous message |
But an EEPROM is an EPROM. There is nothing "in the rules" that EPROM must be something that is UV-eraseable, or something that may not be electrically eraseable.
More specifically: EEPROM is Electrically Eraseable PROM, while EPROM just says Eraseable PROM, with the supported erase operation undefined. Nothing would stop a magnetically eraseable or microwave-eraseable memory (or an electrically eraseable memory) from using the EPROM acronyme. Of course, it would be a marketing blunder to sell an EEPROM chip under the EPROM description, since people would assume that it would not support ISP and IAP reprogramming. |