Has anyone opened up a commodity USB flash drive?
Obviously there is a customized USB-capable microcontroller in there. What I'm wondering is if there is a seperate flash memory chip with a standard interface that could be scavenged for use in projects (since implementing the _host_ side of USB in a micro is sadly unrealistic at present).
Yes, it's easy to talk to compact flash and similar cards and the prices aren't that different. But curiousity is a factor.