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Flash wearing out in a week

Firmware saves a 64-byte record by erasing and rewriting the same 4 KB flash sector every minute. The sector is rated for 10,000 erase cycles. What happens, and what is the fix?

A.It lasts about 19 years; no change is neededB.It wears out in about a week; append records through the sector and only erase when it is full, rotating sectorsC.It wears out in about a week; switch to a smaller sector size onlyD.It lasts forever because flash wear only affects reads

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