Emma, and others ... that 174 number was give soooo long ago, I'm sure it has been eclipsed by a new, larger number. In any case, not sure the number of companies is as important as the number of products, each of which might represent a separate littel pile of revenue. The number of products utilizing flash memory is still exploding, increasing exponentially month by month ....
If the quality of the claims is what most of us think it is, then the number of companies will be, well, just about everybody making electronic products. Certainly everybody making portable products. Everybody.
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Wolfy