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title: How do you perform read/write cycles of data carriers?
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# How do you perform read/write cycles of data carriers?

## Read/write cycles for data carriers

Below table explains the read/write cycle for the data carrier:

| Data carriers   | Memory type   | Write cycles   | Read cycles | Data retention time   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 112 bytes | EEPROM | 100000 | Unlimited | 10 years |
| 160 bytes | EEPROM | 100000 | Unlimited | 10 years |
| 736 bytes | EEPROM | 100000 | Unlimited | 10 years |
| 752 bytes | EEPROM | 100000 | Unlimited | 10 years |
| 992 bytes | EEPROM | 100000 | Unlimited | 10 years |
| 2,000 bytes | FRAM | Unlimited | Unlimited | 10 years |
| 8,192 bytes | FRAM | Unlimited | Unlimited | 10 years |
| 32,768 bytes | FRAM | Unlimited | Unlimited | 10 years |
| 65,536 bytes | FRAM | Unlimited | Unlimited | 10 years |
| 131,072 bytes | FRAM | Unlimited | Unlimited | 10 years |

 

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