<s>
The	O
Common	B-General_Concept
Flash	I-General_Concept
Memory	I-General_Concept
Interface	I-General_Concept
(	O
CFI	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
standard	O
jointly	O
developed	O
by	O
AMD	O
,	O
Intel	O
,	O
Sharp	O
and	O
Fujitsu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
implementable	O
by	O
all	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
vendors	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
approved	O
by	O
the	O
non-volatile-memory	O
subcommittee	O
of	O
JEDEC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
specification	O
is	O
the	O
interchangeability	O
of	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
devices	O
offered	O
by	O
different	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
use	O
one	O
driver	O
for	O
different	O
flash	O
products	O
by	O
reading	O
identifying	O
information	O
from	O
the	O
flash	B-Device
chip	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
device	O
contains	O
the	O
following	O
information	O
:	O
memory	O
size	O
,	O
byte	O
and	O
word	O
configuration	O
,	O
block	O
configuration	O
,	O
and	O
voltage	O
and	O
timing	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
lower	O
cost	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
devices	O
as	O
they	O
become	O
available	O
without	O
rewriting	O
system	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
CFI	O
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
