An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory. The apparatus includes a reference model limiter including a minimum reference model acceleration value and a maximum reference model acceleration value, and bounding the reference model state acceleration signal by the minimum reference model acceleration value and the maximum reference model acceleration value. a subset of sectors is selected and an erase pulse is applied simultaneously to all sectors in the subset. In one aspect, the invention manipulates unit operation conditions so as to provide a method of slicing a high content nut slab into longitudinal strips in a continuous operation that minimizes or eliminates jamming at the cutting andor slabbing conveyors.