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Thousands Of One Direction Fans Are On Suicide Watch And It's All That Slut Tramp Taylor Swift's Fault!
It was just a few New Year's Eves ago when Taylor Swift was kissing her stuffed animal collection after a tea party rager in her life-size replica of Barbie's Victorian dream house and now here she is kissing an actual boy in the middle of Times Square. Nellie Oleson's long-lost slutty older sister dressed up like Bobby Trendy at a leather party to perform on Dick Clark's Rockin' Eve and afterwards she took her latest victim Harry Styles to the middle of Times Square and sucked on his face. All those times Taylor practiced kissing stuff with her own hand finally paid off!
But as Taylor sucked on Harry so hard that his bulging eyeballs nearly shot into the middle of his head, thousands of One Direction fans used the plastic spatula from their gender-neutral Easy Bake Ovens to try to cut their hurt feelings out of their bodies. The video of that man-trap whore in Holly Hobbie's body kissing on Harry Styles cut open the hearts of a thousand 1D shippers and they poured their blood all over Twitter and Tumblr. I spent a good chunk of last night reading all of the crazed Tumblr posts about this shit. I don't know what's more pathetic. Crazy girls threatening to cut themselves over Taylor kissing their curly-haired British prince or me, a grown adult (I haven't had a skid mark in my chonies for at least 24 hours, so that means I am TOTALLY a grown adult, thankyouverymuch), reading their insane rants while slurping on coconut ice cream soup. The latter is definitely more pathetic. I don't even know why I asked. Here's just some of the insanity those crazies spewed out on Tumblr:
Dear Taylor,
I heard you've shared a kiss with Harry Styles and dating him as well. Well, congratulations. You just achieved what could probably be the most incredible thing every Harry girl dreamt of her whole life. You stole his heart and he stole yours, don't waste it. Imagine how many Harry girls would want to be in your position right now. He'd rather spend time with you than tweet us. Please don't break his heart and have inspiration to write another song. I've always looked up to you growing up, but after finding out what most of your songs were about, it broke me and now Harry is your new boyfriend, please don't treat him in a song of trash like the rest. Not only will it hurt me, it will hurt Harry girls because I am one. On the day you plan to break up, put in mind how many directioners will be broken just seeing one of the people they look up to is hurt. If you both decide to be forever, I'll respect it. If you both get married, I'll be there to spread a smile. If you get pregnant and have his child, I'll learn to love him/her if that's what Harry and you want. I'm speaking for all those directioners who've learned to love and respect the most bittersweet of things like this. My final words: love is fragile. Be careful not to break his heart because it will break me too.Just watched the kiss video and omg I'm sobbing right now they kissed forever and then hugged forever and kept going back to hugging and he was rubbing her back and I'm pretty sure he said "it's alright" because I think a fan shouted something mean and oh my god tears no I hate haylor no make it stop he actually likes her HE ACTUALLY LIKES HER
I just saw the video of the Haylor kiss on New Years and I actually broke down into tears.
taylor swift was wearing harry's jacket bye im gonna go jump off a cliff
but but…can you imagine Louis waking up from his party last night and seeing that haylor kissing picture and he slowly slides down the wall and when he gets to the floor he curls up because not only is he losing his best friend he's lost his love…and im lighting myself on fire
If you replaced "Taylor" with "Kelly Taylor," "Harry" with "Dylan" and "Haylor" with "Dylly," that's pretty much what the rants I scribbled on lined paper looked like after that slut Kelly stole Dylan from Brenda.
But seriously, I really feel for those broken-hearted One Directioners, but I feel even more for the security guards and New York City policemen who had to stand in a sea of iPhones taking pictures of Taylor kissing her next #1 single. They did not graduate from the police academy for this shit.
Sofia Vergara's Piece Got Thrown Out Of An NYE Party In Miami
Latina buttocks activist Sofia Vergara's boyfriend Nick Loeb was ixnayed from a Miami club early New Year's Day after they got into some sort of physical altercation. There's always one insane ass couple at the party bringing their bullshit to the club instead of to the therapist's couch.
Page Six reports that Al Bundy's wife from Modern Family was with her cokey sex addict at Miami club Story when he raged out because she was taking a photo with someone he didn't know. "Pushing and shoving" ensued.
One witness told us, "Nick appeared to get really angry after Sofia took a picture with a stranger, and started screaming at her. Nick had to be pulled off Sofia by security. Her dress got torn in the melee. This happened right in front of everyone in the VIP section.
Apparently Ike didn't like Tina up on someone else's Instagram feed. Four security guards gave his bitch ass the bum's rush out the back, and Sofia followed. Don't eat the cake, Sofia. By the by, this dude once considered running for a Senate seat in Florida. He's supposedly crazy rich, but no one's sure what he does except he started a food-topping company called Onion Crunch. Suspect. Don't end up being found dead in a vat of whatever the fuck Onion Crunch is, Sofia. The badonka donks of the world need their spokesass.
Well, that's it for me! Huge thanks to that raunchy slut Michael K. for letting me hang out here again. I send kisses to the beautiful and talented Sweetas. Oh, and shameless plug - I post for Manhunt Daily on the regular. Come by and say hi! Warning - it's a gay blog and there's lots of dicks. But I'm guessing that's not a problem for some of you. Happy New Year!
A Photographer Was Killed Trying To Get A Pic Of Justin Bieber's Ferrari
And that stoned lesbian woodland creature wasn't even in it. This is a shame. TMZ reports that a paparazzi photographer was struck by a car and killed yesterday while trying to get a shot of Justin Bieber's white Ferrari after it was pulled over by the LAPD.
Bieber's car was being driven by a friend of his and cops had pulled it over on Sepulveda Blvd. The so-far unnamed pap had been following the dickmobile in his own car, pulled up near them, and got out to get a shot. The officers involved had told him to move it along for safety reasons right before he was killed.
The owner of the car that struck the guy wasn't on drugs or alcohol at the time.
I can't think of a more depressing death. Google Images gives ya plenty of shots of that car, and him in it. Just use one of those. Same situation, different hat maybe. THE MINISCULE DOUCHE WASN'T EVEN IN THE CAR.
I Know, It's WAY Too Early In This Year For This Mess
While I pulled some Freaky Friday shit and took over Kathy Griffin's body to try to give a faux beej to The Silver Fox, this photoboming dude in the middle of Kanye West and Kim Kartrashian acted on behalf of humanity by throwing a "Are you there God? It's me, the face of humanity. For why did you allow this to happen?!" look of desperation at 1OAK's New Year's Eve party in Las Vegas on Monday night. Meanwhile, Kim is cackling up at the heavens, because she knows that in a few months she's going to butt birth out the chosen spawn of Lucifer and there's nothing God can do about it. I hope God gets the last laugh when Kim gives birth to a drooling cave baby that looks just like Kris Humphries.
While looking like thirty pounds of rotten smoked gouda wrapped in one of Cher's old costumes, Kim continued her reign as Pimp Mama Kris' most prized pig by hosting 1OAK's New Year's Eve party for a check. Kanye also showed up to the party, because he wanted to flash his smuggest smug face since his gay sperm fish has been where literally a billion different kinds of sperm fishes have been before (read: her baby making areas) and has done what none of them were able to do (read: knocked her up). Kim told UsWeekly at 1OAK's party that so far she hasn't had a case of the barfs at all:
"I have felt good. I haven't had any morning sickness, but it still isn't the easiest. People always say it's easy and fun. It's definitely an adjustment learning about your body and stuff like that. I've been feeling really good so that's good."
Kim might not be heaving up gallons of barf, but I'm pretty sure all of humanity is. Yes, this is how it ends. Civilization will drown in its own ocean of barf after reading every single detail about the Kimye baby. Or after seeing this picture of PMK in her freakum dress.
And if you want to infuse your barfs with a sprinkling of HAHAHAs, just read all about how Kim isn't planning on whoring out her baby. Kim Kardashian not planning to whore out her first born is...well...like Kim Kardashian not planning to whore out her first born.
Hot Slut Of The Day!
The Llama that goes to the Dentist!
Whoever is responsible for this Sesame St segment must have been tripping their balls off! Why the fuck does this girl have a llama in NYC? Why does she bring him to the dentist? Was his appointment before or after Sarah Jessica Parker's? It'd be easier to decipher the meaning of life than try to figure out what the hell is going on here, but when I was a kid this made me want to move to NYC. If bitches were insane enough to bring farm animals to the dentist, I knew it was the place to be. Given that I saw some bitch walking a rabbit the other day, I was right!
Birthday Sluts
Jón Gnarr, the Mayor of Reykjavík (46)
Kate Bosworth (30)
Karina Smirnoff (35)
Paz Vega (37)
Dax Shepard (38)
Will Kirby (40)
Taye Diggs (42)
Christy Turlington (44)
Cuba Gooding Jr. (45)
Tia Carrere (46)
Gabrielle Carteris (52)
Todd Haynes (52)
Kim Coates (54)
Christopher Durang (64)
Jack Hanna (66)
Crystal Harris Went Through With It This Time
It's a Happy New Year for Hugh Hefner. No, the medical community didn't introduce a colostomy bag that doubles as a Viagra injector. Crystal Harris' trick ass stayed around for their wedding last night! Hef, 86, and his engagement ring-collectin' ladyslave, 26, tied the knot in a small ceremony at the Playboy Mansion right before Playboy's annual NYE party. It doubled as their wedding reception, according to TMZ.
Can you blame Hef for going for the twofer on parties? The last time he put a ring on this fickle ho's finger, she took it, jumped the wall and told everyone how truly disgusting it was having sex with a flaccid mummy on a Hoverround. And then she pawned that ring! Cold-blooded.
He must really need a titslicious bedpan attendant to work the midnight to 6 shift be in love to take her back and buy her another bauble. Either that or he has her family imprisoned in the secret dungeon under that grotto. Whatever works, Hef.
These pics are from Crystal's Twitter and Instagram. Check out the one from the ceremony. Hef has an equally ancient friend standing up for him. It's very Brothers Grimm, with the wizened warlocks and terrified-beyond-reason village slut being forced into marriage.
Kathy Griffin Tried To Suck Off Anderson Cooper On Live Television Last Night
My New Year's Eve was pretty dreary. I'm under the weather, so my beloved and I spent the evening on the couch, listlessly staring at the television and eating Christmas candy. That was until we happened upon Kathy Griffin trying to get a rise (literally) out of the Silver Fox by crouching down to blow him. A lot. If those two hadn't been amusing the world last night, I would have gone to bed early.
I can only imagine that Kathy's CNN NYE contract must look like this:
"The undersigned will do anything and everything within her power to disrupt the broadcast enough that co-host Anderson Cooper will be unable to stop giggling uncontrollably while having to protect his genitals from Kathy's ravenous mouth."
It was a non-stop party for those two last night. Kathy mentioned Kim K.'s vagina, shit on Honey Boo-Boo, shit on Taylor Swift, shit repeatedly on Ryan Seacrest, tried to make it rain on the crowd with a wad of cash causing Anderson to have to physically restrain her, and accused Anderson of having pet names for his cock and balls (including "his Christmas presents" and "his taffy"). And the coup de grace was, after watching a broadcast from Maine in which the townsfolk kiss a giant fish after it gets dropped at midnight, Kathy deciding she wanted to kiss Anderson's personal giant fish. Bitch kept stooping to conquer his crotch with her maw! Anderson would then have to crouch down to prevent her. Then he had to use a clipboard to stop her progress. She was undeterred, however. Up and down, up and down, they went. Anderson was less terrified when that mob was punching him in the head in Egypt.
And all I could picture was Michael K. hurling his bottle of bottom shelf vodka at the bar television and screaming about how he was going to kill that "dicknosed firecrotch bitch" and demanding his family take him to the airport so he could fly to NYC and defend Mah Boo's groin. A groin meant only for him! Or at least that's what he told the police psychiatrist after the last arrest.
Check out the video of Kathy Griffin's relentless blowjob efforts below.
Hot Slut Of The Day!
Just ignore the title of the video. This isn't a FUNNY DRUNK ASIAN FAIL, this is a FUNNY DRUNK ASIAN WIN. (The real drunk half-Asian fail was me passing out at 12:02am in a saliva puddle on the sofa pillow while watching House Hunters after getting drunk on just one and a half glasses of champagne. Frying my gutter water-soaked brain under the sun all day turned me into a lightweight. At least that's what I'm telling myself.)
This video is two years old (approximately, 196 in Internet years), but it's making the rounds now and it's the perfect way to start the New Year right (read: drunk). At a Green Day show in Irvine two years ago, a pre-rehabbed Billy Joe Armstrong pulled an Asian sensation on stage and the dude dropped a fuck bomb and did the Horatio Cane before stage doing a lukewarm stage dive.
Psy wishes he could party like this. Gangnam Style, what?
via VVV
Birthday Sluts
Grandmaster Flash (55)
Eden Riegel (32)
Elin Nordegren (33)
Kate Levering (34)
Danny Lloyd (40)
Morris Chestnut (44)
Verne Troyer (44)
Sophie Okonedo (45)
Spencer Tunick (46)
Dedee Pfeiffer (49)
Tina Landon (50)
Richard Roxburgh (51)
Maz Azria (64)
Larry Clark (70)
Frank Langella (75)


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Crafty Synergy is a blog of note!
Thank you to Blogger for naming Crafty Synergy a blog of note today—for the second time in the past 6 months! Welcome to those of you who've never visited before. Enjoy looking around!
Thank you to Blogger for naming Crafty Synergy a blog of note today—for the second time in the past 6 months! Welcome to those of you who've never visited before. Enjoy looking around!
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Your blog is beautiful! Congratulations on Blog of Note!
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Thank you
This blog is one of my favorite to read. I'm so glad it's back up and running- silly Blogger, what were they thinking?!? ;)
HI Patricia, I found your blog over the noteable blog list and I love what I see.......definitely will be on my regular blog reading list from now on! Thanks for sharing all this, this is truely so inspiring!
Smiles and Merry Christmas, Anke ;)
The Blogs of Note (this time) is how I found you. Congrats! I like what you have going on. :)
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Happy New Year!
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Keep up the great work!
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1" lobes
a few other piercings
a few tattoos
a few drinks
lots of sleep
older than i look
younger than i feel
i am normally a pretty quiet person and i live a very quiet life...work, eat and sleep.
i drive heavy machinery almost every day and do it better than the men i work with...for 4'10.5" that says a lot. i work as much as i possibly can and love my job.
8/19/2012 | 1 comments
i could get used to this...having him around has made everthing seem not so bad.
i started looking for a place to live(hoping it will be with him)... had a long talk with my sister and we came to a decision together and, well, she doesn't want to change the way she lives and i want to move on with my life.
a few days ago my left eye started to twich again, don't know if it's from stress or lack of sleep, either way it sucks and is begining to get annoying. off to bed now, have to be up in a few hours for work....good night.
8/16/2012 | 2 comments
I'm really lucky to have someone in my life who makes me happy and with everything that's going on in my family having him here is just what I need to make it through. I don't want this to end and definitely don't want him to leave.
8/12/2012 | 1 comments
so things this week didn't turn out the way i had planned. an illness in the family and fearing the worst kept me from going back to chicago with smerk...
i feel pretty bad that his stay here hasn't been more exciting but at the same time i am so glad he decided to stay with me through all this.
today i went to visit my grams since she was released from one hospital and well enough to have visitors.....she should be on her way to the cleveland clinic in ohio for the first of many procedures tomorrow, an aortic aneurysm. trying to stay positive and hope for the best but today was told to prepare for the worst. again, i am so happy to have him here to keep me laughing and keep a smile on my face.
7/31/2012 | 1 comments
It was to good to be true.....well sort of. My sister started drinking again.....3 days in a row so yesterday was her first day sober again.....still proud of her for going as long as she did though. Anyway, I'm making some progress with my lobes and hopefully at the end of the week will be able to get the new plugs in :) and even better news.....in a week he will be here <3
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National Dental Hygiene Month
Every October, we come together as a nation to celebrate National Dental Hygiene Month (NDHM). The purpose of NDHM is to increase public awareness about the importance of preventive services in maintaining good oral hygiene and to encourage others to develop and continue with a daily oral health routine. It is a time to focus on community service and the day-to-day efforts of dental hygienists across the country.
This year's theme, "Keep them healthy. Keep them clean., stresses the importance of making a dental hygiene routine part of your day to maintain your oral health.
Along with our partner Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, manufacturer of Orbit gum, ADHA will continue to improve upon last year's successful NDHM format by providing even more focus on consumer information about oral disease prevention.
Be sure to check back with ADHA to stay updated with news and events pertaining to this year's NDHM. There are also PR materials available in the state and local resource center to help you promote any state or local event that you may be planning in honor of NDHM.
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Maintain a good routine.
Brush 2 Minutes 2x a Day
Brushing your teeth for two minutes at least twice a day remains a critical component to maintaining a healthy smile. Studies have shown that brushing for two minutes is perhaps the single most important step an individual can take to reduce plaque build-up and the risk of plaque-associated diseases, such as cavities and gingivitis.
Proper brushing is essential for cleaning teeth and gums effectively.
Floss Daily
Proper flossing or interdental cleaning removes plaque and food particles in places where a toothbrush cannot easily reach — under the gumline and between your teeth. Because plaque build-up can lead to tooth decay and gum disease, daily flossing is highly recommended.
Let's face it, getting into a routine of regular flossing is probably the greatest home care challenge for our patients. Studies have revealed that only 16% of 961 periodontal patients followed over an eight-year period, complied with the recommended maintenance schedules. The results of these studies are an excellent example of how different our perceived ideal can be from clinical reality. Any product or technique that can demonstrably make flossing easier will be more likely to make it actually happen. There are many different types of floss (besides waxed or unwaxed) with different thicknesses, filaments, and coatings. They are available at most dental trade shows; try them in your own mouth. If a patient is resistant to flossing, find out why. Explore probable causes of the problem, and suggest several products, which might help.
Flossing is an essential part of the tooth-cleaning process because it removes plaque from between teeth and at the gumline, where periodontal disease often begins.
Rinse with Mouthwash
Rinsing your mouth each day with an anti-microbial mouth rinse is another important step in preventing the gum disease known as gingivitis. Speak with your dental hygienist for more information on which mouth rinse is right for you.
Brushing and flossing disrupt plaque on the teeth and gums, but teeth make up only less than half of your mouth. To kill plaque and gingivitis germs that brushing leaves behind, be sure to finish your oral care routine with an antiseptic mouthwash with the ADA Seal of Acceptance.
Chew Sugar-Free Gum
Chewing sugar-free gum after eating is clinically proven to be an important part of good oral health. It stimulates the most important natural defense against tooth decay - saliva - which, in turn helps fight cavities, neutralize plaque acids, re-mineralize enamel to strengthen teeth and wash away food particles.
Research from around the world has now shown conclusively that chewing sugar-free gum has many oral health benefits. When chewing is incorporated into the daily oral healthcare routine, especially after eating and drinking, it positively affects oral health.
Many people don't know about the scientific evidence supporting the use of sugarfree gum, here are the hard facts.
Other Resources from the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
- A Clinical Overview of Sugarfree Gum.
- Journal of Dental Research: "Effect of after-meal sugarfree gum chewing on caries."
- Contemporary Oral Hygiene: "Sugarfree Chewing Gums and Caries Prevention."
- Dentistry Today: "Saliva, chewing gum, and Oral Health."
- JADA: "The Effect of Chewing Sugarfree Gum After Meals on Clinical Caries Incidence."
- Learn about drymouth.info
- Patient pamphlet on dry mouth.
- Patient pamphlet on saliva stimulation.
- To download a JADA supplement on the Effect of Saliva on Dental Caries click here.
To take the online continuing education course for the supplement click here.
About Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programs
For more than 25 years, Wrigley Oral Healthcare programs have supported independent, clinical research into the benefits of chewing gum. This includes saliva stimulation, plaque acid neutralization, and tooth strengthening to help oral care professionals and their patients understand the role of sugar-free gum as a convenient tool for everyday oral care. Today, Wrigley operates oral healthcare programs in 47 countries worldwide. Visit www.wrigleydentalcare.com for more information.


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Design Article
Software and hardware challenges due to the dynamic raw NAND market
Daniel Allred and Gaurav Agarwal, Texas Instruments
Background on non-volatile memory technologies
There are many different non-volatile memory technologies in use today.
Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, or EEPROM, is one of the oldest forms of technology still in use for user-modifiable, non-volatile memories. In modern usage, EEPROM means any non-volatile memory where individual bytes can be read, erased, or written independently of all other bytes in the memory device. This capability requires more chip area, as each memory cell requires its own read, write, and erase transistor. As a result, the size of EEPROM devices is small (64 Kbytes or less).
EEPROM devices are typically wrapped in a low-pin-count serial interface, such as I2C or SPI. Parallel interfaces are now uncommon due to required larger pin count, footprint, and layout costs. Like almost all available non-volatile memory types, EEPROMs use floating gate technology in a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process.
Flash memory is a modified form of EEPROM memory in which some operations happen on blocks of memory instead of on individual bytes. This allows higher densities to be achieved, as much of the circuitry surrounding each memory cell is removed and placed around entire blocks of memory cells.
There are two types of flash memory arrays in the marketplace — NOR flash and NAND flash. Though these names are derived from the internal organization and connection of the memory cells, the types have come to signify a particular external interface as well. Both types of memory use floating gates as the storage mechanism, though the operations used to erase and write the cells may be different.
NOR Flash
NOR flash was the first version of flash memory. Until about 2005, it was the most popular flash memory type (measured by market revenue).[1] In NOR flash, bytes of memory can be read or written individually, but erasures happen over a large block of bytes. Because of their ability to read and write individual bytes, NOR flash devices aren't suitable for use with block error correction. Therefore, NOR memory must be robust to errors.
The capability to read individual bytes also means it can act as a random access memory (RAM), and NOR flash devices will typically employ an asynchronous parallel memory interface with separate address and data buses. This allows NOR flash devices to be used for storing code that can be directly executed by a processor. NOR flash can also be found wrapped in serial interfaces, where they act similar to SPI EEPROM implementations for reading and writing.
NAND Flash
The organization and interface of the NOR flash devices places limitations on how they can scale with process shrinks. With a goal of replacing spinning hard disk drives, the inventor of NOR flash later created NAND flash. He aimed to sacrifice some of the speed offered by NOR flash to gain compactness and a lower cost per byte [2]. This goal has largely been met in recent years, with NAND sizes increasing to multiple gigabytes per die while NOR sizes have stagnated at around 128 MB. This has come at a cost, as will be discussed later.
Raw NAND memory is organized into blocks, where each block is further divided into pages.
Figure 1: MT29F2G08AACWP NAND memory organization (courtesy Micron Inc.)
In NAND memories, read and write operations happen on a per-page basis, but erase operations happen per block. The fact that read and write operations are done block-wise means that it's suitable to employ block error correction algorithms on the data. As a result, NAND manufacturers have built in spare bytes of memory for each page to be used for holding this and other metadata. NOR flash doesn't have such spare bytes.
Also in contrast to NOR flash, the NAND flash interface isn't directly addressable, and code cannot be executed from it. The NAND flash has a single bus for sending command and address information as well as for sending and receiving memory contents. Therefore, reading a NAND device requires a software device driver.
NAND flash is the underlying memory type for USB memory sticks, memory cards (e.g. SD cards and compact flash cards) and solid state hard drives. In all cases, the raw NAND flash devices are coupled with a controller that translates between the defined interface (e.g. USB, SD and SATA) and the NAND's own interface. In addition, these controllers are responsible for handling a number of important tasks for maintaining the reliability of the NAND memory array.
Raw NAND issues and requirements
Let's take a detailed look at the issues and challenges presented by incorporating raw NAND devices into an embedded system or SoC.
Errors and error correction
Despite being based on the same underlying floating gate technology, NAND flash has scaled in size quickly since overtaking NOR flash. This has come at a cost of introducing errors into the memory array.
To increase density, NAND producers have resorted to two main techniques. One is the standard process node and lithography shrinks, making each memory cell and the associated circuitry smaller. The other has been to store more than one bit per cell. Early NAND devices could store one of two states in a memory cell, depending on the amount of charge stored on the floating gate. Now, raw NAND comes in three flavors: single-level cell (SLC), multi-level cell (MLC) and tri-level cell (TLC). These differ in the number of charge levels possibly used in each cell, which corresponds to the number of bits stored in each cell. SLC, the original 2 levels per cell, stores 1 bit of information per cell. MLC uses 4 levels and stores 2 bits, and TLC uses 8 levels and stores 3 bits.
While reducing silicon feature sizes and storing more bits per cell reduces the cost of the NAND flash and allows for higher density, it increases the bit error rate (BER). Overcoming the increasing noisiness of this storage medium requires larger and larger error correcting codes (ECCs). An ECC is redundant data added to the original data. For example, the latest SLC NANDs in the market require 4 or 8 bits ECC per 512 bytes, while MLC NAND requires more than 16 bits ECC per 512 bytes. But four years ago, SLC NANDs only required 1 bit of ECC, and the first MLC NANDs only required 4 bits of ECC. In the event of errors, the combined data allows the recovery of the original data. The number of errors that can be recovered depends on the algorithm used.
Figure 2: Device issues versus process node shrinks (courtesy Micron)
Ideally, any ECC algorithm can be used to implement ECC as long as the encoder and decoder match. The popular algorithms used for NAND ECC are:
- Hamming Code: For 1-bit correction [3]
- Reed Solomon: For up to 4 bits of correction. This is less common [4].
- BCH : For 4 or more bits of correction [5].
Extra memory (called the "spare memory area" or "spare bytes region") is provided at the end of each page in NAND to store ECC. This area is similar to the main page and is susceptible to the same errors. For the present explanation, assume that the page size is 2,048 bytes, the ECC requirements are 4 bits per 512 bytes and the ECC algorithm generates 16 bytes of redundant data per 512 bytes. For a 2,048-byte page, 64 bytes of redundant data will be generated. For example, in current Texas Instruments (TI) embedded processors, the ECC data is generated for every 512 bytes, and the spare bytes area will be filled with the ECC redundant data. As ECC requirements have gone up, the size of the spare regions provided by the NAND manufacturers have increased as well.
The manufacturers of NAND devices specify the data retention and the write/erase endurance cycles under the assumption of the specified ECC requirements being met. When insufficient ECC is used, the device's usable lifetime is likely to be severely reduced. If more errors are detected than can be corrected, data will be unrecoverable.
Geometry detection
Before raw NAND operations can begin, the first step is to determine the NAND geometry and parameters. The following list is the minimum set of NAND parameters needed by a bootloader or other software layer to determine NAND geometry:
- 8-bit or 16-bit data width
- Page size
- Number of pages per block (block size)
- Number of address cycles (usually five in current NANDs)
Raw NAND provides various methods for NAND manufacturers to determine its geometry at run time:
4th byte ID: All raw NANDs have a READ ID (0x90 at Address 0x00) operation which returns 5 bytes of identifier code. The first and second byte (if the starting byte number is 1 aka "one based") are the manufacturer and device IDs, respectively. The fourth byte (one-based) has information on the NAND parameters discussed above, which can be used by the ROM bootloader.
This 4th byte information can be used to determine raw NAND geometry, yet the interpretation of the 4th byte ID changes from raw NAND manufacturer to manufacturer and between generations of raw NANDs. There are two noteworthy interpretations. The first is a format used by Toshiba, Fujitsu, Renesas, Numonyx, STMicroelectronics, National and Hynix, with certain bits used to represent the page size, data bus size, spare bytes size and number of pages per block. The second is a format particular to the latest Samsung NANDs, holding similar information to the first representation, but with different bit combinations representing different possible values. Since the 4th ID byte format isn't standardized in any way, its use for parameter detection isn't reliable.
ONFI: Many NAND manufacturers, including Hynix, Micron, STMicroelectronics, Spansion and Intel, have joined hands to simplify NAND flash integration and offer Open NAND Flash Interface (ONFI)-compliant NANDs. ONFI offers a standard approach to reading NAND parameters.
Other concerns
The physical connection between the embedded processor and the raw NAND device is also of concern. NAND devices can operate at either 3.3V or 1.8V, so it's important to purchase NANDs with compatible voltage levels. It should be pointed out that 1.8V NAND devices are often specified with worse performance than 3.3V equivalent parts.
Another aspect that must be considered is whether asynchronous or synchronous NANDs will be used. The synchronous interface was something introduced with the ONFI 2.0 specification. Historically, NAND interfaces were asynchronous. However, to reach higher performance levels for data movement, clock synchronized data movement with DDR signaling was provided as an interface option. This type of interfacing may be common in SSD drives but isn't common in the typical embedded processor or SoC.
Next: Challenges to address
Daniel and Agarwal presented this paper at ESC Silicon Valley this spring, and I asked them to put together a version for us on the designline. I think they did an outstanding job laying out the issues facing NVM technologies. Please add your comments or questions for the authors below.
Very interesting article. In general it is very difficult to implement logic on a memory process, this explains the demise of "embedded memory". Is it really cost-effective to implement ECC on the die of a NAND chip?
I'm not privy to their financials, but these guys are in business to make money, so imagine it must cost-effective :).
I would guess the additional complexity and area required for this logic is currently being offset by the die shrinks (i.e. revenue per wafer is still higher). I question whether that can remain true for very long, though. The die shrinks cause more errors, forcing more robust ECC techniques, then the implementation of those techniques requires more die area,power, etc. Seems like a little bit downward spiral to me.
Very interesting and informatic article.
1. In an "Errors and error correction" section there might be a typing mistake which is "the ECC requirements are 4 bits per 512 bytes". It should be "4 bytes per 512 bytes".
2. Is there any model avaliable to simulate ECC in our own flash controller? Thanks in advance.
"Is there any model avaliable to simulate ECC in our own flash controller? Thanks in advance. "
This is something that should probably be investigated with the memory vendors (Micron, Samsung, etc.). I'm quite sure they have this, but I don't know if they would share it.
I am sorry for my previous comment. I was wrong...it is not typing mistake. Please ignore the point(1) in my previous comment.


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Sun square Saturn: A Learning OpportunityIt's not that you're having crises, but how you're handling them. Succumb to weakness, or develop some backbone. The choice is yours.
Mercury in Cancer: Expressing Your EmotionsExpressing your emotions will come easily for you. Others will understand what you're feeling, and you'll understand them in return.
Mercury conjunct Mars: Verbal Sparring And Witty ReparteeThat mind of yours is going at warp-speed. You'll enjoy many rounds of verbal sparring, as long as they don't turn into all-out fights.
Mercury conjunct Jupiter: Intellectual PursuitsAll you want is to provide your brain with as much intellectual stimulation as possible. This is sure to add some excitement to your life.
Mercury opposition Pluto: Avoiding The PropagandaEveryone's got an agenda -- and that includes you. What you do with that agenda is key. Taking advantage of someone won't pay off.
Mercury square Uranus: A Wild And Crazy MindYour mind will be wild and crazy, and you'll be tempted to fight against the norms. It will be difficult to focus on anything constructive.
Venus in Leo: Romantic AttentionYou're charming. You're gregarious. You're dramatic. It will be impossible for people to not notice you, or those emotions on your sleeve.
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Mars in Cancer: Emotional UnderstandingYour emotions play a key role in all of your associations and relationships, but you may be frightened by your abundance of sensitivities.
Mars conjunct Jupiter: Positive, Passionate EnergyYou'll be on top of the world, with positive energy and a go-get-'em attitude. You'll be able to achieve any goal you reach for this year.
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If you're like me, and didn't stay for music (Interactive alone is more than I can handle. #lightweight), you're heavily immersed in recovery, deconstruction and postmortem presentations.
This year I attended with a specific "social good" focus – and it rocked. True, as VolunteerMatch's Robert Rosenthal remarked, sessions have been drastically scaled back across the board, leaving less to choose from among philanthropy, nonprofits and social change – a definite drag. But what's evident to me as a n00b in this SXgood scene is the overwhelming hunger for more. The SXgood community is obviously discontented – and this is a good thing. If the community was satisfied, or worse, indifferent – I'd be worried. If this appetite for change continues to grow, SXSWi 2014 and beyond is sure to be SXgood's oyster. Technology and social good go hand in hand, it's evolutionary, despite the distopian naysayers and doomsday folks. These rapid innovations we're witnessing are changing the world for the better, with no turning back.
Here are my favorite highlights from SXSWi's social good scene. If I missed any epic wins (and I know I did), let me know!
Brian Reich, Rockstar Curmudgeon for Good
On March 10th, Brian Reich gave a surprise session in the Beacon Lounge. In true Southby fashion, the impromtu discussion was organized via Twitter, and prompted by Tumblr. Reich addressed questions and criticisms aimed at his May 9th post, What the f—k are we waiting for? Reich challenged the social good community, as well as SXSW organizers, to start impacting the world's issues in tangible, substantive ways. This massive, culturally diverse conference offers unlimited potential for real change. Instead, the outcome over the years has been a whole lot of not so much. So what does Reich suggest we need to do?
1. Stop preaching to the choir! With sessions led purely by – and solely attended by – social good types, we're ultimately just talking among ourselves. This is anti-social, and fails to spread the message broadly among a potentially viral, hyper-connected audiences. Social good speakers must branch out to seek inclusion in broad panels and sessions across the gamut of SXSW's topics. Similarly, social good attendees must join diverse sessions outside their industry to gain well-rounded insights into current trends.
2. Focus on solving world issues, not on awareness and fundraising! Social good sessions often invite the best of the best among speakers in strategy, design, tactics – you name it. But those sessions notoriously focus on marketing or processes bent on furthering organizations' brand reach, rather than accomplishing organizational missions. Reich is concerned that much of this misalignment is being driven by money-makers in the social good space who use the social good environment for their own marketing ends. Coming from the vendor side myself, I disagree with Reich that this definitively amounts to a bad thing (surprise, surprise). Maybe where you stand does depend on where you sit, but I believe there are win-win outcomes to be had when nonprofits, vendors who sell to nonprofits and corporations/startups with internal social good programs can form an ecosystem that nurtures mutual success. I strongly agree with Reich that the social good focus must shift from generating brand awareness to directly benefiting the end goal. Cut straight to the social issue and use emerging innovations to find a solution. Collectively, today's creative thinkers and tech communities can make these real-world changes happen, and SXSW is just the headquarters to launch these revolutions.
3. Push for social good keynotes at SXSWi 2014! Reich would love to see a high-profile keynote on the SXSW bill. Social good is an important topic among the individuals who make up the SXSW community. The vast majority of us care about what happens to our world and to humanity, and are likely involved in some kind of "social good" activity in our personal lives. It's up to the community to submit and vote for the panels we want to see.
Beth Kanter Panel Instructs on the Art of Failing and Change Management
Kanter's Peer to Peer: Nonprofit Social Media Managers (#npsmpeer) session was my favorite overall at Southby. Panelists included NWF's Danielle Bridiga, Upwell founder Rachel Weidinger, Hubspot's Laura Fitton and rockstar curmudgeon Brian Reich. This nonstop, two and a half hour workshop gave the time needed to sink our teeth into our work culture pain points and take away helpful tactics for driving innovation. We even scored a certificate signed by SXSW co-founder Hugh Forrest (very cool of you Hugh!). Through zany physical exercises, break-out sessions, quiet reflections and 1:1 peer discussions, Kanter helped attendees realize actionable ways that:
1. Failure is an art to be cultivated.
Failure can be identified and used as a healthy means to drive innovation. Accept failure as an inevitable factor for anyone innovative enough to take risks and think outside the box. Failure is an opportunity to do something better. Since innovators are bound to fail, do it fast and learn from it. Don't get stuck in the negativity. Use failure to drive rapid improvements.
2. Buy-in from decision makers is critical for lasting change.
Gain C-suite buy-in for new social initiatives by demonstrating how new tools can make their life easier and more productive. Present your own case studies to prove how the brand is winning relationships and advocacy through social engagement.
3. Grant peeps the permission to explore passions and tinker with possibilities!
Empower peers and direct reports with the freedom to experiment and pursue their passions; your brand will benefit from it!
SXSWi's Hackathon for Social Good (#hack4good)
In the grand scheme of SXSWi things, Hackathon for Social Good was a modest event with incredibly noble efforts. Hacks are an ideal opportunity for techie social do-gooders to offer up the best of their creativity and skills to solve real problems. Experimentation is among the necessary associational thinking skills among innovators. With tinkering comes creative solutions. I'm hoping that a hack for social good becomes an annual activity at Southby. I have faith that this event has potential for exponential growth. Hack strong, and see you in 2014!


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With 10 games left in the regular season, it is becoming increasingly clear this is one more of those special seasons for the UConn women's basketball team, destined to end with a trip to the Final Four, if not with the eighth national championship in program history.
When you have been to 13 Final Fours, you could say that about most seasons, it seems, but this one feels like it could end much better than the last two. The reason behind such optimism and all the positive energy around this year's team is simple: the emergence of a dynamic duo.
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Stefanie Dolson have established themselves as legitimate first-team All-America candidates. That bodes well both because of the unselfishness of these two players and the history of the UConn program.
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Movie Buzz: Oscar-nominated shorts get star treatment this weekend at the Saratoga Film Forum theater
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The word on the Oscar-nominated shorts this year is better than ever! So, if you love movies in a range of genres — animated, documentary, dramatic — this is the weekend to clear the decks and make a meal of it because no three screenings are alike. Short films are where emerging studios and emerging filmmakers pull out all the stops packing the hardest wallop in the shortest time.
Thursday night's line-up celebrates the animation wizardry of Disney, Fox, independent filmmakers and studios in the United Kingdom. Look for "Paperman," a whimsical, boy-meets-girl story notable for its artful blend of old-school cartooning and cutting-age technology. And for sheer beauty, soak up Minkyu Lee's "Adam and Dog," a version of the Garden of Eden with man's best friend inserted in the mix — a tender story so exquisitely rendered you won't want it to end.
The live-action category, the Friday feature, is stuffed to bursting, too. From Belgium comes a weird, enthralling story of a ghost who works for a mysterious art collector photographing the shadows of people about to die. "Part sci-fi, part steampunk, part love story, it's easily the best (or at least the most original) of the five nominees," the Washington Post enthuses.
"Henry," a profoundly affecting drama about an elderly concert pianist whose beloved wife disappears, plumbs the heartbreak of dementia. Two bleak but lovely dramas, "Asad" and "Buzkashi Boys" dramatize the stories of young boys making hard choices about friendship and survival in war-pocked countries of Somalia and Afghanistan. Critics loved these movies.
Sunday brings on the big guns: documentaries, several of them (says Salon.com) among the best docs we can expect to see all year.
Cynthia Wade's "Mondays at Racine" follows women who visit a Long Island beauty parlor that offers free treatments once a month to cancer patients.
Kief Davidson's wrenching and inspiring "Open Heart" travels with severely ill Rwandan children on their way to an Italian-run hospital in Sudan — the only place in all of Africa that does pediatric cardiac surgery at no cost.
Sari Gilman's "Kings Point" takes a hard, unblinking look at how residents are making out in a complex of Florida old-age condos, and upends our self-serving notions about the rewards of a blissful, golden retirement. But if the news in these docs is grim, the films themselves are glorious, courageous and engaging.
The Film Forum will show the Oscar-Nominated Best Short Films in Animation at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, and the Best in Live Action at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, and the Best in Documentaries at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24.
Screenings are at the Saratoga Film Forum venue in the Saratoga Arts Center at 320 Broadway. General admission is $7; $5 for members and students. Continued...
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TROY – Sure, there was an agenda for Thursday's City Council Meeting, but that doesn't mean the public wanted to stick to it as several railed against the police department, Troy Rehabilitation & Improvement Program and the City Council itself.
There still was some business to attend to, as the a public hearing on the 2013 proposed budget was held but only one speaker got up to say something. Missing Link Street Ministry Mission Pastor Willie Bacote requested some assistance from the City in its budget to help the church in its Feed-a-Kid program, which he said has been reduced to nothing.
"Due to the economy, we have to cut back to almost half a month," Bacote said to the council. "We are not supported by any state, federal or local government. It's simply by donations."
After the council officially acknowledged it had received the budget, the meeting move on to the public speaking portion, where resident Ken Young pleaded his case as to why they felt they were cheated out of properties they bid on the list for In-Rem properties.
Young was looking to purchase a garage at 272 Ninth Street, but the city voted unanimously that evening to give it to TRIP for $500, though it was a property included on the list with several others.
Young said the area is already saturated with TRIP properties, piggybacking off of comments made by Director of Community and Housing Department Tim Mattice at last month's Finance Committee meeting, and he would be purchasing the property as a homeowner.
"TRIP just spends [U.S. Housing and Urban Development Agency]'s money, I can't compete with that in the neighborhood," Young said. "I can't move up if the city is going to give money to TRIP."
Resident Peggy Kownack also spoke out against TRIP, as she said all it has turned into a property manager that has densified the area with rentable properties as opposed to properties owned by residents.
"Personally, I'd rather see a two-car garage go to Kenny Young's hands and put it back on the tax rolls instead of giving the property to property management," Kownack said. "That's what TRIP has turned into."
There were also several residents who spoke about police brutality occurring frequently in the North Central neighborhoods. Bacote took the end of the meeting to criticize the council, even turning his back on them as he addressed the audience, telling them it will soon be their turn to potentially vote out council members. Continued...
"You don't do this to people because you don't understand their culture," Bacote said about the police department. "You don't disrespect us."
The council did get to its business, though, as it unanimously voted through all of the items on the evening's agenda, including an ordinance that would allow the River Triangle and Dauchy buildings to be sold to Dauchy/River Triangle LLC. The company is represented by Keith Ferrara, who is employed by Saratoga Springs-based Bonacio Construction Inc., owned by Sonny Bonacio.
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