OT - SNDK -  Kip - thanks for the reply. Yes, the boom/bust on all memory, not only flash, is just about impossible to time. I'm thinking that might be somewhat amliorated by the new 3d Nand flash now coming to market - I see an awful lot of 'old Nand' SSD's being discounted, as a 'product clearance' while products containing the new 'new Nand' comes to market to replace it. I need to do more research on 3d Nand, as I don't know what SNDK being the 'market leader' on that means - copyright holder? first to marketplace? biggest producer? Obviously, I need to do more DD when I can.