The best replacement for eeprom is flash.

The best alternatives to eeprom are rated as following:
★★★★★  flash
★★★  eprom
★★  rom
★★  flash memory
★  serial flash
★  hef
★  flash arduino
★  nor flash
★  nand flash
★  sram
★  fram
★  firmware
  flash rom
  nvram
  flash avr
  dataflash
  flash eeprom

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Speaking about eeprom, one probably shouldn't forget about spi.

Other search terms related to eeprom and their ratings are:
★★★★★ spi
★★★★★ i2c
★★★★★ 8051
★★★★★ spi interface
★★★★ i2c interface
★★★ rtc
★★ 89c51
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