Linear Flash

Like an SRAM, Linear Flash supports execute in place (XIP) applications in mobile PC and embedded equipment.

[1] Linear Flash can also be read and written to by laptops and desktops with PC card slots, and is somewhat popular for sensitive data storage because the media is non-volatile and does not degrade over time.

Linear Flash cards begin to develop bad blocks after about 100,000 erase/write cycles and thus are of dubious value on the second-hand market.

Linear Flash cards were also the primary method of data storage for Cisco routers, Apple's Newton MessagePad 100 series and 2000 series PDAs, for some early Magic Cap, Pocket PC and Windows CE PDAs, musical synthesizers, GM Tech2 car diagnostics devices and for many telecom devices.

[1] Intel, which championed the adoption of the Linear Flash format, also made cards.