Semiconductor market ends on slow note in 2004

What is flash memory?
Flash is rewritable storage chip that holds content without power. Flash memory chips can either be NOR or NAND.

What is memory?
It is the computer's physical workspace that stores the instructions, programs and data needed to accomplish the tasks executed by the processor for some interval of time, even after electrical power to the computer is turned off.

What is a semiconductor?
A class of materials, for instance silicon and germanium, whose electrical properties lie between those of conductors (such as copper and aluminum) and insulators (such as glass and rubber). It displays relatively high resistance in pure state and much lower resistance when it contains small amounts of certain impurities.