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    Physical Erase Unit

    Last Updated May 24, 2021 2:03 pm
    Vangie Beal
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    A flash device is divided into physical erase units. A physical erase unit is the smallest memory area of the flash memory media that can be erased in a single erase operation. Its size varies between flash devices. [Source: msystems]

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